Parents, grandmother charged with murder in death of boy in freezer – NBC Los Angeles

The parents and grandmother of a 7-year-old boy found dead in a freezer at a Lynwood apartment were charged Friday with murder and other crimes.

The mother, 25-year-old Destiny Harrison; father Daniel Monzon, also 25; and grandmother, Ana Zarceno-Carcamo, 45, were charged with murder, torture and willful cruelty to a child, with an allegation of willful harm resulting in death. Monzon and Zarceno-Carcamo were also charged with being an accessory after the fact.

Arraignment was expected Friday in Compton.

The tragic discovery was made Tuesday night when deputies responded to the apartment on Euclid Avenue, west of Peach Street, for a welfare check requested by an unidentified resident. Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and pronounced the boy dead.

Details about how the child died remain unclear.

The boy’s mother, father and grandmother were detained at the apartment, where three additional children were found. Those children — ages 9, 13, and 16 months — were taken into protective custody by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

Harrison, Monzon and Zarceno-Carcamo were all being held on $2 million bail.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to contact the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Callers who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.