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Cynthia Hernandez Shot Her Son

February 16, 2008 by impqueen  

Filed under: Child Murder, Filicide, Shooting 

Cynthia HernandezJeremy Barragan

Tempe, AZ — Cynthia Hernandez, 45, was arrested on FridayFriday reviewsFriday reviews on a homicide charge for killing her 14-year-old son , Jeremy Barragan, by shooting him in the head. Hernandez had called Tempe police on Thursday to report a “family feud”, but police found nothing wrong when they arrived. The next morning, Jeremy’s father called police to the home again to report that his son was dead.

Officers determined that Jeremy had been fatally shot, secured the scene and started a search for evidence and a suspect. Later on Friday, the department issued an advisory that there were no outstanding suspects in the case. Shortly after that, Hernandez was arrested in her son’s murder.

Police say they will give a press conference on SaturdaySaturday reviewsSaturday reviews with further details. I’m expecting a Medea-like murder: hurt the father by killing the son, or some such variant. I’ll update as information comes out, as usual. But seriously, how much do you have to hate a kid to wait until he’s fourteen, then pop a bullet in his head? That’s just not good parenting.

Cynthia Hernandez is being held by Tempe authorities – no bail or charge information is yet available.

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Comments

  • Taz
    . i hope she suffers all her life in prison and the image of Jeremy haunts her for the rest of her life.


    Thats pretty much what most of us want as well.
    The part that bugs me the most is the rifle missfireing and she had to leave the room to go get another bullet. This is like your big sign from God. That maybe you were doing the wrong thng.
  • lokita26
    it was only me and him and they wouldn't let me keep him. i protected him all his life from her but when they moved to pheonix i couldn't help him. and my step dad was his real dad and they were together, they moved up there cause of his job. i'm 11 years older than him. he's the best brother anyone could ask for. she's been on medication since she had me. no one knows what we had to go through with her. she just waited till no one could stop her. i hope she suffers all her life in prison and the image of Jeremy haunts her for the rest of her life.
  • gm OF 10
    Lokita, i know your grieving and at a loss.. but you wouldn't have wanted Jeremy to have killed her, and then have him languish in prison for the rest of his life.. Why couldn't he have left and maybe moved in with his brother or something if she was that much of a psycho?? I hope her lawyer doesn't go for an insanity plea, that bitch needs to fry.. I just can't wrap my head around a Mother killing her own child..

    R>I>P> Jeremy, rest in peace
  • if u read people r saying that maybe she was afraid of him cause there r kids killing their parents. that’s what i’m talking about. i wish he would of killed her.


    That was mentioned in 2 or 3 posts as pure speculation, not shit talk, in trying to understand any kind of reason a mother would shoot her child while they slept, and it was quickly put to rest by CHANGO666. I'm sure no one here wants you to be upset by that, you have suffered a great loss and in this case neither you, your brother or anyone other than the shooter deserve shit talk regarding it.
    May she get the help/punishment she needs/deserves.



    Arizona supreme court link for Cyinthia’s trial http://www.supreme.state.az.us.....20Superior</...>

    Thanks Taz.
  • lokita26
    if u read people r saying that maybe she was afraid of him cause there r kids killing their parents. that's what i'm talking about. i wish he would of killed her.
  • Taz
    Does anybody know if there have been any updates, trials or hearings?I did a quick name search but only found the original articles from Feb.


    Damn , you know how many Cynthia Hernandez' there are in the court records and prison in Arizona ?? way to damn many.
    I finally found her court case # and posted the link for anyone to follow the turtlue like speed of this case. They dont even have a trial date yet and her lawyer is dragging his feet big time. Near as I could figure barring any more delays the trial should start in june of 2009?? maybe.

    Arizona supreme court link for Cyinthia's trial
    http://www.supreme.state.az.us/publicaccess/not...

    Case Number: S-0700-CR-2008110686 <-----------case #
    Unknown Case Title: St of AZ Vs. Cynthia Hernandez
    Court: Maricopa County Superior
    Filing Date: 02/20/2008

    Party Name: CYNTHIA A HERNANDEZ
    Date of Birth: 08/31/1962 <---- DOB
    Count 1: MURDER 1ST DEGREE
    Disposition Date: 02/26/2008 Disposition: *

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED continuing this matter for Status Conference on 12/16/2008 at 8:30 a.m. in this division.<----- Next conference

    Upon oral motion by counsel for the Defense, there being no objection by the State, and good cause appearing based on the following grounds:
    Still awaiting records.
  • Does anybody know if there have been any updates, trials or hearings?
    I did a quick name search but only found the original articles from Feb.
  • Taz
    Jeremy was my brother and for all u dumm asses talking shit about him better just shut it.


    Gee lokita26, take a few minutes to read what people said, before you jump all over everyone. No one really said anything bad about Jeremy and most people agreed with you about Cynthia.

    No ones going to take you serriously if you rant and rave about it. You just look more like Cynthia when you do. Sorry for your loss and I can understand your anger about it. My mom was a bit bent for a while and my 14 year old sister had to raise us, while she got better. I think of my sister like a mom mostly.

    R.I.P Jeremy Barragan
  • Athena
    she had him but i raised him and he was the most important person in my life.


    I really, REALLY sympathize with that. I've got only one sibling, my little sister, and she is absolutely the most important person on earth (for a couple more hours, anyway - she's giving birth as we speak). I can't even begin to imagine the rage and despair you've undoubtedly experienced.
  • Uvgottabkiddin
    great minds think alike Carol !
  • Uvgottabkiddin
    Lokita... Have you actually read the posts? I do not know that anyone has been "talking shit" and yes, your mom is a psycho. I am sorry for the loss of your brother.
  • carol13
    Lokita, please point out where you see someone "talking shit" about him. You want to find someone to be angry at, but it's just not here.
  • lokita26
    Jeremy was my brother and for all u dumm asses talking shit about him better just shut it. he was a good boy, the most loving and caring person in the world. Our mother was a psycho and i hope that bitch burns in hell for all eternity. Jeremy was robbed of his life by the person who gave birth to him. nobody deserves that. she had him but i raised him and he was the most important person in my life. i wish she would of taken her own life and we would all be so happy. she's always been psycho and she will get whats coming to her.
  • Hippiepoet
    Well, some of her family are defending her, blaming it on…wait for it…her bipolar disorder.

    Well, from someone who is crazier than fuck, I can totally see this defense. Shit fire. That's why I live on a farm, places to bury the bodies, when I decide to go the fuck off. These damn Bi-Polar idiots! Motherfuckers give us decent Bi-Polar sufferers a bad goddamn name.
    Bitch!
    *goes to take medications*
  • Well, some of her family are defending her, blaming it on…wait for it…her bipolar disorder.


    Gosh, that didn't take long. Is it me, or are the defenders getting faster lately?
  • Well, some of her family are defending her, blaming it on...wait for it...her bipolar disorder.

    Wow. Maybe she was crazy.
    she told officers she believed her son was still alive and the dead boy was only a “look-alike,”.
  • tink_is_cute_123
    I last saw him thursday night at the movies, he was happy with his friends, but then he had to get home. Jeremy was the type of guy who would do what he believed in, but knew when to step down. He did not like his mom at all but he loved her. He had been missing/late for the last two weeks to school so something was going on at home.

    Do you go to mckemy..i do i miss jeremy he was really popular!
  • tink_is_cute_123
    he was my friend at mckemy middle school he was very popular i miss him so much! our school went through a major depression im sad!! i miss him so much


    R.I.P
    Jeremy Barragan
  • thepooh5
    wonder if he was talking dad’s side in the divorce proceedings - when i was going thru separation my kids said hurtful things like “dad has a better this or that or its more fun there” One year I took their christmas gift back cause they rather be at his house for example … no i wouldn’t obviously kill them over it just wonder if she was having a nervous break down.


    Wonder, I hope your talking shit. Damn, you can't punish kids for loving the ex and wanting to spend time with them. WTH? That shit is just wrong. You can't expect a kid to stop loving one of their parents just because you may hate the ex. That is just ludicrous.

    St_Jimmy, I’m sorry for your loss. There’s nothing to indicate that Jeremy was a threat to his mother.


    Sorry for your loss to St Jimmy. Sorry for all who knew him. Killed in his sleep. I bet it is hard for you that were his friends. So, so sorry. :(
  • thepooh5
    His dad works at night and gets home in the morning. I knew Jeremy


    Sorry you lost your friend. :(
  • Hippiepoet
    wonder if he was talking dad’s side in the divorce proceedings - when i was going thru separation my kids said hurtful things like “dad has a better this or that or its more fun there” One year I took their christmas gift back cause they rather be at his house for example


    I'm curious as to how that went over with your children, Wonder. You punished them for wanting to be with their Dad, wow.

    So did this lady have some problems prior to this incident? No history of abusing the son in the past? Mental defects? I mean why the fuck did she murder him?
  • St_Jimmy
    You know, if they do hold it in Texas, there is nothing wrong with you getting some of Jeremy’s friends together and having a memorial. It wouldn’t have to cost anyone a dime… A bring your own candle,candle light vigil. He’d probably get a kick out of it.


    That would be good thanks.
  • Thank you IMPQueen I just wish I knew why she did it and if there going to have the funneral in Texas or Arizona.


    You know, if they do hold it in Texas, there is nothing wrong with you getting some of Jeremy's friends together and having a memorial. It wouldn't have to cost anyone a dime... A bring your own candle,candle light vigil. He'd probably get a kick out of it.
  • St_Jimmy
    Thank you IMPQueen I just wish I knew why she did it and if there going to have the funneral in Texas or Arizona.
  • Well from what I was told Cynthia that she was taking medication and she wasn’t all there. That’s why they moved to Arizona to start a new life. I also remember that Cynthia did try to stab her husband… That’s what my dad told me.


    That explains a lot.

    Again, i'm really sorry for your loss. I know you must be having a rough time right now.
  • St_Jimmy
    No one is *really* blaming the victim and any light you can shed on new details or later on with legal proceedings is welcome.


    Well from what I was told Cynthia that she was taking medication and she wasn't all there. That's why they moved to Arizona to start a new life. I also remember that Cynthia did try to stab her husband... That's what my dad told me.
  • WWW.Myspace.com/117932605 . That is his myspace.


    I'm working with that pic trying to get a clearer pic of his face, but so far, no dice. As soon as i get a bigger or better pic, I'll fix it.

    If someone has a better/bigger one they'd like to share, please feel free to email me at impqueen at dreamindemon dot com.
  • St_Jimmy, thanks - i'll get that pic up.
  • http://tinyurl.com/2lzm7l pic from myspace. Its private,so I could only grab the front page thumb.

    Welcome to DD, Chango and St_Jimmy, we all appreciate your comments. If something seems offensive to you, please do not take it that way.

    Most of the people at DD are all about the victim and I can assure you that every one here wants justice for your friend or it would not have made the front page, or garnered many comments. With out new information, speculation is going to happen on why she may have done what she did.

    No one is *really* blaming the victim and any light you can shed on new details or later on with legal proceedings is welcome.
  • St_Jimmy
    Oh, I do, too! I hope they execute her. Twenty years or so in prison is NOT enough for taking a life in my opinion. Your friend did not even get to live 20 years.


    That is so right but I it happened In Arizona do they have the death penalty?.. I know they do in Texas where they're from.
  • WryBread
    Thank you.. I understand perfectly now I just hope that that women goes to prison.


    Oh, I do, too! I hope they execute her. Twenty years or so in prison is NOT enough for taking a life in my opinion. Your friend did not even get to live 20 years.
  • St_Jimmy
    StJimmy — We speculate on what may have happened. At the point Wonder said this, we didn’t have your information. Remember that this isn’t a memorial site for friends and family; it’s a crime blog. And we are all sorry that you lost a friend in this awful way. He sounds like a nice person.



    Thank you.. I understand perfectly now I just hope that that women goes to prison.
  • CHANGO666
    I’m looking for pics of Jeremy so i can put one up. I think it would help people to see him. If anyone has one I can use here, i’d really appreciate it.



    WWW.Myspace.com/117932605. That is his myspace.
  • WryBread
    Geez DAMN, Wonder. You took their Christmas gift back because the kids wanted to be at their dad’s? Wow.


    Wonder didn't say exactly why she took the present back. There's surely a lot more to it than "just" the kids preferring their father's Christmas to hers. I'll bet it was a pretty painful time that made her do this.

    Ok Wonder that’s just messed up!! ... It just really hurts because he got shot while sleeping so there was no violence. And to hear that a kid I grew up with is gone and the person who shot him was his own mother!! ... Sorry Wonder but just remember what your saying may hurt someone.


    StJimmy -- We speculate on what may have happened. At the point Wonder said this, we didn't have your information. Remember that this isn't a memorial site for friends and family; it's a crime blog. And we are all sorry that you lost a friend in this awful way. He sounds like a nice person.

    Morbid, I hope I haven't overstepped my bounds by saying the above about this being a blog, but I don't think that StJimmy understood.
  • St_Jimmy, I'm sorry for your loss. There's nothing to indicate that Jeremy was a threat to his mother.

    I'm looking for pics of Jeremy so i can put one up. I think it would help people to see him. If anyone has one I can use here, i'd really appreciate it.
  • St_Jimmy
    kill or be killed ?kid could of gotten violent and she was afraid he would kill her while she was sleeping in her own house.


    Ok Wonder that's just messed up!! I'm sorry but this is someone who grew up with Jeremy and I have to say that he wouldn't do that! He was the best guy that I knew. And you have a right to say what you want to say. I'm not taking that away from you... It just really hurts because he got shot while sleeping so there was no violence. And to hear that a kid I grew up with is gone and the person who shot him was his own mother!! And she won't even go to prison! Cause more then likely the lawyer going to plead insanity. Sorry Wonder but just remember what your saying may hurt someone.
  • Imp, Wonder has a link posted about Hernandez working at the school.


    Right, but Tempe's a large city with a large Latina population. We have no idea if this is the *same* Cynthia Hernandez. If i get confirmation one way or another, I'll post that.
  • Imp, Wonder has a link posted about Hernandez working at the school.


    Wonder linked to A Cynthia Hernandez. No confirmation that it is this one or not.

    Geez DAMN, Wonder. You took their Christmas gift back because the kids wanted to be at their dad’s? Wow.


    Yeah. Damn, Wonder, that was pretty cold.
  • nuberius
    http://www.tempe3.k12.az.us/di.....nt_rec.htm


    Imp, Wonder has a link posted about Hernandez working at the school.
  • wonder if he was talking dad’s side in the divorce proceedings - when i was going thru separation my kids said hurtful things like “dad has a better this or that or its more fun there” One year I took their christmas gift back cause they rather be at his house for example … no i wouldn’t obviously kill them over it just wonder if she was having a nervous break down.


    Geez DAMN, Wonder. You took their Christmas gift back because the kids wanted to be at their dad's? Wow.
  • His dad works at night and gets home in the morning. I knew Jeremy


    Chango, I'm so sorry for your loss.

    The dad told police he had awakened to find Jeremy dead. Whether he got home earlier and took a nap or was off work that night I don't know, but police say that the father woke up to find Jeremy gone.

    does his mom work at the tempe school ?

    Wonder, I haven't seen anything from the Tempe School District to indicate that this Cynthia Hernandez worked there - Hernandez is a very common surname in Tempe. If I do find out where she worked or if she worked, I'll update and let you know. The Cynthia Hernandez you linked to is an office clerk in a central building, so doesn't have contact with students anyway.

    The Tempe Schools haven't issued a statement. McKemy Middle School where Jeremy went has, and did not mention Cynthia being a Tempe employee. If she was, I bet we'll find out, although I'm not sure why it's important since she wasn't in contact with kids.
  • Wonder
    wonder if he was talking dad's side in the divorce proceedings - when i was going thru separation my kids said hurtful things like "dad has a better this or that or its more fun there" One year I took their christmas gift back cause they rather be at his house for example ... no i wouldn't obviously kill them over it just wonder if she was having a nervous break down.
  • Wonder
    how old are you change ? does his mom work at the tempe school ?
  • nuberius
    He had just turned 14 on Wednesday. He was a big guy, 6 foot something and a couple hundred pounds


    I'm very sorry for your loss. I hope the school you both attend has a couselor to help you and his friends cope with this tragedy. My son will turn 13 in May and he is also a big kid, 6' and close to 200 lbs. but he would never hurt anybody. This is way too sad.
  • nuberius
    He was killed in his bed. He would never hurt his mother, he said he would rather kill himself than harm her.


    So while he slept the bitch pulled the trigger. Wish mom had felt the same way about Jeremy...that she'd rather kill herself than harm him.
    And right after his birthday. What a Fucking Bitch. I hope her new inmate friends torture her ass every second of everyday for as long as she's allowed to breath air.
  • CHANGO666
    kill or be killed ?
    kid could of gotten violent and she was afraid he would kill her while she was sleeping in her own house.


    He was killed in his bed. He would never hurt his mother, he said he would rather kill himself than harm her.
  • CHANGO666
    Im preety sure it was his step dad. His parents were seperated i believe.


    He had just turned 14 on Wednesday. He was a big guy, 6 foot something and a couple hundred pounds
  • CHANGO666
    Im preety sure it was his step dad. His parents were seperated i believe.
  • CHANGO666
    chango666
    Can you share anything you know about this or at least what type of person Jeremy was and what his relationship with his parents seemed to be like to you?


    I last saw him thursday night at the movies, he was happy with his friends, but then he had to get home. Jeremy was the type of guy who would do what he believed in, but knew when to step down. He did not like his mom at all but he loved her. He had been missing/late for the last two weeks to school so something was going on at home.
  • nuberius
    His dad works at night and gets home in the morning. I knew Jeremy


    that would explain it alright. I bet his dad was horrified. I'm assuming mom was gone when dad got home.
  • Holy Crap
    chango666
    Can you share anything you know about this or at least what type of person Jeremy was and what his relationship with his parents seemed to be like to you?
  • CHANGO666
    How the hell does it go from “family feud” to nothing wrong to murder in less than a few hours? And did papa sleep through the gun shot? WTF?


    His dad works at night and gets home in the morning. I knew Jeremy
  • Wonder
    http://www.tempe3.k12.az.us/district/specialnee...

    is this the woman : Office Clerk Senior of the Tempe elementary school ?
  • Unamused Cat
    kill or be killed ?
    kid could of gotten violent and she was afraid he would kill her while she was sleeping in her own house.


    Lately teens have been killing their parents and siblings. So you never know. *shrugs*
  • nuberius
    Tempe, AZ — Hernandez had called Tempe police on Thursday to report a “family feud”, but police found nothing wrong when they arrived. The next morning, Jeremy’s father called police to the home again to report that his son was dead.


    How the hell does it go from "family feud" to nothing wrong to murder in less than a few hours? And did papa sleep through the gun shot? WTF?
  • Wonder
    kill or be killed ?
    kid could of gotten violent and she was afraid he would kill her while she was sleeping in her own house. :P
  • Hippiepoet
    But seriously, how much do you have to hate a kid to wait until he’s fourteen, then pop a bullet in his head? That’s just not good parenting.


    Yep, I'm sure Dr. Spock would agree with you on that one. lol
  • WryBread
    It is much more efficient to have the kid in the hospital emergency room and just put it in the trash. This mother ran a disorganized household.
  • mm_classy
    I wonder how many times a day I think, OMG what is wrong with people?!?!

    I know the answer is alot more often now that I found this site.

    This is just sick to shoot your son, in the head!
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