The child was witness to an argument between his mother and her boyfriend that broke out in the kitchen near a closet that Jeremiah was forced “to live in, to sleep in, and to spend his time in,” prosecutors said in Worcester Superior Court during a hearing last Friday.
Alberto L. Sierra, 32, was ordered held during a hearing Friday in Worcester Superior Court, where he pleaded not guilty last week to charges of murder and disinterring a body, according to District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.’s office.
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The boyfriend of the boy's mother pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in a case that led to a reexamination of how the Department of Children and Families monitors distressed families.