Adams County prosecutors have dropped charges against a second woman who was facing charges in the death of 4-year-old Gabriel Trujillo.
Lana Roberts, 49, was charged with child abuse resulting in death. Roberts was living in the same home where prosecutors had alleged Gabriel was being abused.
Sue Lindsay, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office, confirmed that prosecutors dropped the charges. Roberts’ trial was scheduled to start Monday.
Police were called to the Commerce City home Feb. 14, 2012, and found .
Trujillo told police the boy had fallen from a chair at the dining room table and hit his head on the carpeted floor.
Trujillo was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Roberts, Trujillo’s partner, was . A jury acquitted Trujillo on murder charges last week, but found her resulting in serious bodily injury.
