LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Metro police are searching for a mother wanted in connection with her 2-month-old son’s death, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
Juliani Tun Diaz faces five counts of child abuse or neglect resulting in substantial bodily harm, records said. Tun Diaz failed to appear in court last week, leading a judge to issue a warrant for her arrest.
On Feb. 18, paramedics and police found Romeo Tun unresponsive inside a southwest valley home, documents said. An autopsy later found several fractures in the child’s arms and ribs.
A paramedic later told police Tun Diaz showed “zero emotion” when learning the child died and “did not show any disappointment,” officers said.
In a subsequent interview, Tun Diaz told police she felt isolated and “expressed her frustration [with the baby] because he cried all the time,” documents said. She later relayed several incidents where she grabbed him, breaking bones.
Romeo’s official cause and manner of death remained pending as of Tuesday as police awaited toxicology results.
Police documents also included a letter investigators said Tun Diaz wrote to her child: “For my baby, forgive me my love for what occurred and for the times that I held you tightly because I was stressed and frustrated. I know that you were only a baby and were not to blame for anything. Forgive me for not understanding that you were only a little baby. I love you with all my heart and part of me leaves with you, my love. I miss you and I regret what I did. I only wish to have you with me and give you hugs.”
Tun Diaz’s birth year indicates she was 19 or 20 at the time of her arrest.
A child fatality report from Clark County Family Services shows no prior incidents involving Tun Diaz or reported concerns.
During Tun Diaz’s probable causing hearing on the child abuse charges, Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Daniel Westmeyer set bail at $100,000, records said. Prosecutors noted during the hearing that they expected to file a murder charge against her.
Tun Diaz failed to appear for her initial appearance on March 4, leading to another judge to issue the warrant for her arrest.
A photo of Tun Diaz was not available. Citing a circuit court ruling, Metro police stopped releasing booking pictures last summer and rarely release images of a suspect in a crime before an arrest.
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