They are baffled that the only suspect in this 3-year-old Erianna Beltran's murder was freed from jail.
19-year-old Mack Lucas was apprehended for the murder of Beltran earlier this year, but the Fresno County District Attorney's office dismissed that charge Thursday.
"I just feel this is not right, I've seen the pictures, I've seen what the child looked like, she had over 250 wounds on her, burn marks, bite marks, and somebody needs to pay," said Margarita Plasencia, Beltran's aunt.
The demonstrators are the three-year-old 's paternal relatives. Mack Lucas was dating Erianna's mother at the time of the murder.
"If it's not Mack Lucas, the mother... they have enough evidence and enough pictures, that's too many unaccountable bruises that child had," said Plasencia.
"This was an innocent autistic child who cannot defend herself...and she needs people to stand up for her, and that's exactly why we're out here right now," said Leticia Beltran, another aunt.
The girl died at Children's Hospital Central California on January 27th.
Police say the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
The District Attorney says there's not enough evidence to prove Lucas inflicted the blows.
"I don't think that's fair, they should've went to trial and see what the jury says," said Virginia Beltran, Erianna's paternal grandmother.
All the family can do now, is wait, as the investigation continues.
"This is sad, we can't even cry no more, we can't even speak of it... I wish this person, whoever did, would turn themselves over to God and ask for forgiveness, there's going to be justice whether it's through the Lord or through the lens of the law," said the grieving grandmother.
In addition to Mack Lucas, the child's mother, Erin Skinner, was also arrested in connection to the murder, but was released shortly after.
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