On March 18, 2008, in La Joya, Texas, Eliseo Rosales Jr. was taken to the hospital suffering from breathing difficulties and a serious head injury, from which he later died.
Rosales initially took responsibility for her nephew's death, claiming that she had fallen and accidentally crushed him when her right hand slipped, while trying to pick the child up.
[2] However, medical staff soon established that Eliseo had died from massive blunt force trauma, casting doubt on Rosales' confession.
At that time, Rosales believed that her physical condition left her with no reason to live, and as such, imprisonment or even a death sentence would not be as great a loss as it would be to her sister, who had other children to care for.
A private investigator contracted by an American media outlet during the creation of a documentary film about Mayra's case tracked Jaime Lee down to Veracruz, Mexico.
She was shown being admitted to Nowzardan's Houston clinic, where, under medical supervision, she lost 32 stone (450 lb) in anticipation of receiving gastric bypass surgery.