2 MEN HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH TRYING TO KILL A 12 YEAR-OLD BOY LAST YEAR. THE BOY WAS STABBED MORE THAN 20 TIMES, AND THEN WAS LEFT TO DIE IN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD EAST OF CHUALAR. 30 YEAR-OLD SEVERINO PEREZ (THE BOYFRIEND OF THE BOY’S MOTHER) WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON, WHILE HIS 26 YEAR-OLD BROTHER DOMINGO WAS SENTENCED TO SPEND 6 YEARS BEHIND BARS.
THE BOY SUFFERED LACERATIONS TO HIS ABDOMEN, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINES, LIVER AND KIDNEY….AND IS EXPECTED TO FACE COMPLICATIONS FROM THOSE WOUNDS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE…ALTHOUGH HE SAYS HE’S “STRONG” AND “ALIVE”, AND MOVING ON WITH HIS LIFE.