Virginia Lujan, 55, was indicted on eight counts, including child abuse, tampering with physical evidence, tampering with a witness and contributing to the dependency of a child, the Maricopa ...

Virginia Lujan, 55, has been charged with child abuse and other crimes following the death last month of her granddaughter, who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy and had cognitive impairments ...

Virginia Lujan, 55, was indicted by a grand jury in connection to her granddaughter's death. Police say the 13-year-old was found locked inside a makeshift cage, covered in bruises and sores.

Tempe Police responded to a 911 call from Lujan who reported that her granddaughter was unresponsive. When officers got to the home, they found the girl lying on the living room floor.

Tempe police went to the home of 55-year-old Virginia Lujan on Jan. 21 after Lujan called 911 to report that her 13-year-old granddaughter wasn't breathing.

Lujan told Hodges that she tried to feed [the victim], and now the victim was ‘gargling’ or ‘gasping,’" investigators wrote. Police said when Hodges got home, Lujan was close to calling 911.

Authorities first heard about the case of 55-year-old Virginia Lujan, her daughter, 33-year-old Jami Hodges, and her granddaughter, a 13-year-old girl, on Jan. 21, 2025.

The 13-year-old girl died Wednesday morning after she was rushed to the hospital by police when her grandmother, Virginia Lujan, reported Tuesday night that her granddaughter was not breathing ...

Virginia Lujan, 55, was indicted on eight counts, including child abuse, tampering with physical evidence, tampering with a witness and contributing to the dependency of a child, the Maricopa ...

At around 8:30 p.m., Hodges' son got a call from Lujan, where Lujan told her grandson that they needed to come home, and hung up. "Hodges called Lujan to find out what was happening.