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NIXZALIZ SANTIAGO failed to stop beatings......convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 7-year-old girl's death at the hands of her abusive stepfather....Cesar Rodriguez Jan. 11, 2006...... jurors saw gut-wrenching photos of the little girl's emaciated and bruised body and heard that Rodriguez regularly bound her to a chair overnight, forcing her to use a litter box as a toilet. Rodriguez, convicted last spring, was sentenced to 29 years. Prosecutors said Santiago failed to stop the final beating after a famished Nixzmary took a yogurt from the fridge and accidentally broke a computer printer.

NOW AT REST, 'NIXZMARY IS SURROUNDED BY LOVE AND BEYOND THE TOUCH OF EVIL' By LORENA MONGELLI, JOHN DOYLE and LEONARD GREENEJanuary 19, 2006 -- Tears flowed like the driving rain yesterday as Nixzmary Brown was laid to rest after a short and brutal life that ended when she was tortured, and finally beaten to death — allegedly by her parents. A priest assured mourners that "Nixzmary is now surrounded by love, beyond the touch of evil" that took her young life in a frenzy of violence last week. "We have a reminder by the death of this child that...