Overview
- A jury-convicted Jesse Manuel Figueroa was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison for the 2020 murder of his 8-month-old daughter, Raina.
- Prosecutors and the medical examiner said an autopsy found brain hemorrhages from blunt-force trauma and that the blow was so severe the infant’s brain shifted inside her skull.
- On July 4, 2020 Figueroa brought the unconscious baby to a Mountain View fire station and she was later treated at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford before dying of her injuries.
- Trial evidence included testimony that Figueroa repeatedly beat and strangled the children’s mother and abused the couple’s two other young children, and that a restraining order barred him from unsupervised visits with Raina at the time of her death.
- Family impact statements recorded the emotional toll of the loss, prosecutors said the sentence prevents him from hurting another child, and the case could still produce appeals and renewed scrutiny of how protective orders are enforced.