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New developments in Antonio Lopez trial

accused of killing 11-month-old jayla beckley back in 20-12. yesterday we saw the interrogation video where lopez admitted to stomping on little jayla and calling 911. but today the defense questioned another child that was in the home when baby jayla died a child that a foster mother says has a violent past. abc-7’s jerry najera was at the trial he is live with the details … that child is abigail flores. she is 15- years-old now and she was flown in from phoenix to take the stand. according to the defense flores who was 12 at the time was under the supervision of lopez and in the home when baby jayla died. the defense claims that in 2012 abigail admitted to her foster mother that she killed jayla. but on the stand flores was asked do you remember seeing a baby? flores responded “no” she was asked d you see anybody in this courtroom that was in that house she replied “no the defense said “im going to ask you a hard question…a baby died in that house, did you kill that baby?” flore said “no” flores’s forme foster mother mari medina was also called to the stand she was asked by the defense to describe flores’s violent past medina said flores at one point flores “stabbe another foster child in the back of the head with a pencil” and on anothe occassion she “caught flores shaking little boys head” soon after she had explained to flores what shaken baby sydrome was. the trial continues tomorrow at 8 a.m. we’re learning new

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