A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed. #investigation

The possibility that Mariah’s death was not murder but the result of a tragic accident was never investigated. Police ignored evidence that included a report compiled by the child welfare investigator, Florence Arreola, who interviewed several of Mariah’s siblings while Lucio was being interrogated in another room. The children corroborated their mother’s account, reiterating that Mariah had fallen down the stairs two days earlier. Lucio had never abused Mariah, they said, and the only injuries they saw on the toddler were bruises “from when she fell.” 

https://theintercept.com/2024/04/22/melissa-lucio-texas-death-penalty-conviction/