![[Left] Brandon Wynn is taken into custody Saturday, July 18, 2015. [Right] The child is rescued by detectives. (LUIS MEZA)](https://theavtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Brandon-Wynn-kidnapped-baby.jpg)
Brandon Michael Wynn, 34, pleaded no contest late Wednesday to two counts each of human trafficking and pimping involving the toddler’s mother and another woman, and four counts, including attempted murder and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, involving the toddler’s mother, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Wynn faces 26 years in state prison as a result of his plea, and he is set to be sentenced Feb. 4 at the Lancaster courthouse. Other charges, including kidnapping and child abuse counts involving the toddler, are expected to be dismissed.
Wynn’s co-defendant, Regina Renee Estorga, 45, pleaded no contest to one count each of kidnapping involving the girl’s mother and assault with a deadly weapon. Estorga — who was not charged with the child’s abduction — is facing six years in state prison, with her sentencing also set next month.
On July 16, 2015, Wynn assaulted one of the women he had forced into prostitution, according to Deputy District Attorney Dennis Vincent. Two days later, Wynn and Estorga took the woman to a remote area in the desert, where they beat her, doused her with bleach and left her naked and tied up, the prosecutor said.
The woman was subsequently found in the Lake Los Angeles area.
After an Amber Alert was issued for the woman’s 18-month-old daughter, Wynn took the toddler to a shed in Palmdale and left her there, according to the prosecutor.
Following an extensive search, Wynn was eventually spotted July 18 in a car. He told sheriff’s deputies that the toddler was nearby in the shed, and two sheriff’s sergeants and a deputy rushed to the scene, where they found the child.
The girl was suffering from heat exposure and dehydration and was still strapped into a car seat, according to the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff’s investigators said that had the weather in the Antelope Valley been more typical, the child could have died.
Wynn has been jailed since his arrest last summer. Estorga was arrested nearly a week after Wynn and has remained behind bars since then.
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none ya says
Lets not forget the mother of toddler. Who is an adult. She should also be charged . Bc of the life style she chose this happened in putting her toddler at risk. No exceptions but Bc of this incident she is a victim? That’s incredible. An adult who CLAIMS SHE WAS FORCED TO DO THIS FOR HOW LONG.. AMAZING
Tim Scott says
Charged…prosecuted…jailed…maybe hauled out to the town square for stoning…
Oh, wait, other than providing flesh eaters with a little satisfaction, what exactly do you think is gained in this? Does it “make society safer’? Does it “protect the child”? Please point out who stands to gain from the process you are calling for.
Noheartforsickos says
I hope that man is brutally raped, beaten, and murdered while in jail. I also hope his accomplice dies a terrible horrible, Fiery death as well. Amen.
christinameraz says
Amen
Dee Dee says
Jail is too good for people like this!!
Get the Rope, Slim says
It is my sincere hope that there is a special place in Hell for scum like him and his woman accomplice, endangering a small child like that. I hope he goes there really, REALLY soon.