Small children death NC | Fort Bragg's soldier was charged with murder of adoptive children who died in 2017 and 2018

Fort Bragg, NC (WTVD) – Almost eight years after two children died by a Fort -BRAGG soldier, there were some new legal developments in the study.

According to court documents, Anthony Rivera was charged on Monday, May 19, for murder to his two and three -year -old children Olivia and Michael.

The children died less than a year after they were adopted by Rivera.

More than two years ago, in March 2023, according to ABC11 news indictment against Rivera was withdrawn.

It is a case of ABC11 Eyewitness News and updated with new developments as soon as they take place.

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Michael died in November 2017 after he woke up from a nap. He was “pale, stared at and groaned”, according to OT in the original report.

Two months later, his younger sister Olivia was reported dead after the parents did not react in their cot.

The examination of the medical examiner described both deaths of small children as murders on a blunt force trauma. Your autopsia of detailed similar injuries to premises and abrasions on the legs and face like separated backbone on healing fractures.

Dr. Marcia Herman-Giddens, a lawyer for child abuse, described the number of injuries described in the “Incredible” report.

Court files show that Rivera is not guilty January 2023. He should go to court February 2023 After a war court was granted to him in 2021.

On March 1, 2023, the indictment against Rivera was withdrawn. The BRAGG officers informed the ABC11 I team that the military judge disqualified the prosecutors based on a potential conflict of interest. The case was not closed, instead a higher command is accepted.

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