Abneris Santiago Allowed Boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, to Sexually Molest 11 Y.O. Daughter & Starve Two Sons

Abneris Santiago admits in court that she did nothing to stop her boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, from sexually assaulting her 11 year old daughter & starving her two sons.

How could any mother sit by and watch her children being malnourished and her daughter sexually assaulted by her boyfriend? I can't fathom how anyone could sit idly by and watch such atrocities being unleashed on her children. According to the Dallas Morning News, Abneris Santiago did just that. She admitted in court Friday morning that she did nothing to stop her boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, from sexually abusing her 11 year old daughter and slowly starving her three children over several months in a filthy motel bathroom, the Dallas Morning News said.

Abneris Santiago’s guilty plea came in the middle of her trial in a Dallas County courtroom. Asked by the judge whether she was pleading guilty because she was guilty, Santiago sighed deeply and paused before answering yes. Before the trial, prosecutors offered her a sentence of 50 years, but she rejected it. That offer was withdrawn, and no deal is in place. She faces a maximum sentence of life in prison in the punishment phase of her trial, which began immediately after her plea.

Earlier this week in the same courtroom, the boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison. He and Abneris Santiago had one child together, a 1-year-old who was found healthy in their room at the Budget Suites motel near Dallas Love Field. The other children — an 11-year-old girl and two boys, ages 5 and 10 — were rescued from the bathroom last July when an uncle visiting from out of town found them.

I can't begin to imagine the traumatic experience these children have lived through in the months leading up to their rescue. As for the daughter, I pray that she will get the help she needs to get over these horrific acts against her. I wouldn't blame the children one bit if they cut all ties with their mother. No decent woman would ever let anyone hurt her children and not take some type of action. I will say, the only thing Abneris Santiago ever did right is admitting her guilt in the crimes against her children. With any luck, she will look like the Holocaust survivor her children was labeled by witnesses as comparable to.