Matamoros man held in case of ‘methodical' child abuse
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September 07, 2009 6:30 PM
Laura Tillman
The Brownsville Herald

BROWNSVILLE — A Matamoros man faces life in prison after a 9-1-1 call revealed that he had repeatedly abused a 15-month-old girl, police said.

Luis Alberto Espinoza, 20, dialed 9-1-1 to report that the 15-month-old daughter of his girlfriend was unconscious and having a seizure, police said.

Espinoza had told police that the child had fallen from wooden stairs outside of a mobile home at 375 N. Iowa Ave.

“When the police questioned him further, Espinoza claimed he had swung the baby toward the bed and missed,â€