(L.A.) Selena Galvez Gonzalez, a Baby, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2018-03508

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a Caucasian female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the infant girl as Selena Galvez Gonzalez.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Combined Effects of Probable Asphyxia, Blunt Trauma, Sequelae of Chronically Inflicted Abusive Trauma

RIP SELENA GALVEZ GONZALEZ (July 20, 2017 – May 5, 2018)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 10:55 p.m.

The child was about 10 months old.

Her death was blamed on her mother Ivette Melissa Gonzalez, who was then 32 years of age. In February 2019, Gonzalez was charged with murder and assault on a child causing death.