In 2002 at around 10am on July 19th, new mother Stephanie Lopez called 911 from a mobile home reporting that her five month old daughter Brianna wasn’t breathing. Patricia Walters, the grandmother of the baby girl who was present during the 911 call. While on the phone with the operator, Stephanie and the baby’s father, Andrew Walters, performed CPR on Brianna’s tiny body until emergency service arrived and took over. They rushed Brianna to the hospital but sadly were unable to bring her back to life. She was tragically pronounced dead at 11:10am.

 

 

Stephanie told the physician in the ER that Brianna had fallen out of bed at 3am. But staff at the hospital quickly realized something horribly wrong when they examined the many injuries present on the baby’s body. Bite marks are not what happens when a child falls off the bed. A deeper investigation was immediately rendered to determine exactly what happened to this innocent child.

 

 

The details of Brianna’s injuries go beyond the darkest realm most nightmares are capable of reaching. Please be warned, that even for me, this part is hard to hear, let alone speak of. But it’s the truth and depth of this tragic matter. It won’t leave your mind anytime soon. And if it induces rage? Good. It should. Of all the things people get angry about and offended by these days, why not aim at something that really matters. An autopsy of 5 month old Brianna Lopez uncovered the following, shocking revelations: 

Brianna died as a result of cranial cerebral injuries. There were various bruises and abrasions all over her head. A blunt force injury was suffered to Brianna’s skull in the last 3 days or less of her life that resulted in a large subdural hematoma. A subdural hematoma happens when a blood vessel in the space between the skull and the brain, the subdural space, is damaged. Blood escapes from the blood vessel, leading to the formation of a blood clot or hematoma that places pressure on the brain and damages it. Brianna also had bleeding in the membranes around her brain and optic nerves. This was a strong indication that the little girl had been shaken violently by someone.  

 

 

It was a shock to learn that she had horrific injuries to both of her private areas as well. The physical damage suffered was not accidental but rather created by someone who used her for self gratification while she was alive and very possibly dying.

 

 

There were a total of 15 bite marks on the baby’s body. She also had two skull fractures that were 5 to 7 days old. The membranes around her head showed both old and new blood meaning she had suffered a previous brain injury sometime in her past. She also had two rib fractures on the right side of her chest that had occurred several weeks prior to her death. Bucket handle fractures were present on both her left and right thighs as well as the top of her left arm. These were the result of her limbs being violently forced, twisted, and yanked. Brianna’s death was quite obviously ruled a homicide based on these findings.

 

 

This child wasn’t half a year old when she succumbed to torturous injuries that clearly had been repeatedly inflicted on her throughout her short innocent life. The devil is in those details and Brianna was treated like a play-toy for his hellhounds. How could a human be so cruel? I can’t imagine what that child felt. Never knowing trust, love, comfort, or mercy. Only pain, anguish, fear and violence. She never knew anything else. 

 

 

She had been raped repeatedly, hit, bit multiple times, had new and old fractures from being thrown into the celling, numerous bruises and even burns in between her fingers.

 

 

This happened to her at the hands of her mother Stephanie Lopez, her Uncle Steven Lopez, and her father Andrew Walters. They were all found guilty.

 

 

 

 

 

Brianna’s worthless Uncle Steven Lopez admitted to the jury that he had raped the little girl. He admitted purposely not catching her after throwing her little body up into the air too stating, “we were just playing with her.” A blood found on Brianna matched a blood stain found in the pants he wore that day. He was found guilty of of criminal sexual penetration and child abuse resulting in death among other related charges. He was sentenced to 57 years behind bars and is now known as inmate #59927 where he’s currently serving his time in Santa Fe at the Level VI Penitentiary of New Mexico.

 

 

Stephanie Rene Lopez was convicted of permitting the abuse and for child abuse and sentenced to 27 years in prison. She was previously serving time in Western New Mexico Correctional Facility where she was known as inmate #59941. Sadly, after serving less than half of her sentence, Stephanie was paroled in 2021 for good behavior with a following two year probation requirement. She was said to reside in Texas.

 

 

Brianna’s trashcan father was convicted similar to that of Steven Lopez. He was sentenced to 63 years in prison. Previously known as inmate #559926, Andrew Walters is serving his time at the Snake River Correctional Facility in Ontario, Oregon where he was sent following concerns for his safety. Unfortunately he is eligible for parole as early as October of 2025.

Lets do our best to make sure ANDREW WALTERS IS NOT PAROLED!