Overview

• An arrest affidavit alleges 10-year-old Michael Miranda was confined to a laundry room for about a year and was subjected to near-daily beatings, with investigators finding feces, behavior charts and a wooden paddle in the room.
• Preliminary medical findings describe fractured ribs in various stages of healing, a severely dislocated arm, widespread bruising and a likely blunt-force laceration to the lower intestine, while the official cause and manner of death remain pending.
• Police say they obtained video evidence and interviewed other children in the home who described repeated assaults, forced standing with arms raised and instances of the boy being lifted by his feet and thrown to the floor.
• Christina and Jonathan Miranda were arrested without incident and booked into the Bexar County jail, where each is held on $1.5 million bail, as authorities continue evaluating the welfare of other children from the household.
• The Mirandas’ attorney disputes the allegations, citing the child’s pre-adoption history and a CPS probe the defense says contradicts police claims, and accuses SAPD of improper tactics and seizing family electronics during the arrests.