Suspect arraigned in death of 2-year-old
By Carrie Petersen
Albany Democrat-Herald



Offense carries a prison sentence of 25 years to life

Mario Juan De Dios Tomas, 26, was arraigned Monday afternoon in Linn County Circuit Court on a charge of murder by abuse in the death of a 2-year-old boy.

The boy, Samuel Martinez-Castaneda, died Saturday at his family’s home in Scio of “blunt force trauma to the abdomen,â€