People v. Strohm

This is a child abuse case. The events which culminated in the tragic death of Nerio Antonio (Pat) Chavez led to the filing of a four-count information charging the three-year-old boy’s mother and stepfather with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, mayhem, and assault with a deadly weapon.

The mother, Antonia Bernalda Chavez, in a separate trial on her plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, was adjudicated insane and committed to the Colorado State Hospital.

The stepfather, Ray Manuel Strohm, was tried and convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, mayhem, and assault with a deadly…