Uncle faces murder charge after niece dies of hypothermia

A MAN who allegedly allowed his 11-year-old niece and 12-year-old nephew to attempt a 15km walk to their mother’s house on a freezing Christmas Day was arrested on a murder warrant in connection with the hypothermia death of the little girl.

The warrant accuses Kenneth Quintana, 29, of second-degree murder and felony injury to a child, said Jerome County sheriff’s Deputy David Ursino.

The children’s father, Robert Aragon, 55, was arrested earlier this week and faces the same charges.