© Via San Bernadino County Sheriff
Ruiz was asked to watch two children in August 2013, while his girlfriend Terra and her friend Andrea went to the store.
In court, the convicted murderer said that he decided to crush the baby because he felt "taken advantage of" by the baby girl's mother when she asked him to watch her children for 30 minutes.
Ruiz said that he was angered by the request and decided to take it out on one-year-old Scarlett. He put his foot on her chest and pushed down as hard as he could with his 230 pounds of weight on her body. As the baby gasped for air, he got up and turned on the television.
After changing channels for a few minutes, Ruiz noticed that Scarlett appeared to be having a seizure, police say. He reportedly tapped her on the cheek to get her to snap out of it. The two women returned home shortly after that and Ruiz ran outside to tell Scarlett's mother that she needed to go to the hospital. According to officials, the women were gone for about 30-45 minutes.
Andrea was unable to get through to 9-1-1, so she grabbed Scarlett and ran directly to the fire station across the street.The fireman and hospital workers were unable to revive Scarlett, however, and she died in the hospital soon after. The cause of her death was discovered in an autopsy two days later.
Ruiz didn't initially admit to stepping on the baby. He told Andrea that he didn't know what happened, other than the fact that she had a seizure. Later he admitted that he purposely stepped on her because he felt that Andrea and Terra had taken advantage of him.
"The defendant stated that he actually felt better after stepping on the victim, as he sat there watching television," deputy district attorney Kathleen DiDonato said in a statement. "The whole time, Scarlett was behind him, lying on the floor trying to catch her breath. Fighting for her life."
Sources: Inquisitr, The Sun
Comment: Just25 years? If this cold-blooded murderer doesn't get life, we'll have to wonder what the heck is wrong with the U.S. justice system.