Mother gets 25 years after death of toddler

ALAMO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg mother was sentenced Wednesday in connection to the death of her 19-month-old child in 2020.

_{Crystal Angeles Pelayo (Hidalgo County Jail)}

Crystal Angeles Pelayo was facing multiple charges, including capital murder, criminal negligent homicide and injury to a child in connection to the death of her toddler.

On Wednesday, Pelayo was sentenced to 25 years in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of injury to a child, serious bodily injury by omission, failing to intercede or stop physical abuse, court officials told ValleyCentral.

_{Hector Jose Sanchez (Hidalgo County Jail)}

The remaining counts were dismissed.

Police arrested Pelayo and Hector Jose Sanchez in February 2020 in connection to the child's death. Previous ValleyCentral reports described the two as a couple.

Sanchez has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for July 26 and a jury trial scheduled for July 29.