Diana Guadalupe Zavala Lopez was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to tampering with evidence — human corpse. This followed the discovery of her dead newborn baby at a Texas gas station.
On April 2, 2023, a dead infant was found in a restroom toilet at a Shell gas station in Houston. Investigators found security footage showing a woman entering and leaving the restroom without the baby. They identified 27-year-old Zavala Lopez as a suspect after tips from the public, and she was arrested in Brownsville while trying to flee the country. Lopez was sentenced and credited with 489 days served, according to KFOX.
Harris County District Judge Kristin M. Guiney oversaw the case of Diana Guadalupe Zavala Lopez, a Mexican national who faced legal consequences after an incident where she did not attempt to save her baby. Zavala Lopez claimed she was unaware of her pregnancy until experiencing pain at a party, reports from both Click2Houston and KFOX.
