A Compton judge has ordered three relatives of a Lynwood boy found dead in a cooler to stay behind bars with no chance at bail, tightening the legal vise on a family already under intense scrutiny. The boy’s mother, Destiny Luckie Harrison, 25; his father, Daniel Alberto Monzon, 25; and his paternal grandmother, Ana Carcamo Zarceno, 45, are charged in his death and are due back in a Compton courtroom on May 11, 2026. The ruling follows months of pretrial motions and a lengthy probe into suspected abuse inside their Lynwood apartment.
Charges Filed by the DA
Prosecutors have hit all three with felony counts of murder, torture, and child abuse resulting in death, and say Monzon and Zarceno also face charges as accessories after the fact, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. The case is filed under number 25CMCF01879 and is being handled by the office’s Complex Child Abuse Section. The DA’s release notes that if they are convicted on the stacked counts, each defendant could be looking at decades in state prison.
How Investigators Found the Child
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies went to an apartment in the 3100 block of Euclid Avenue on October 28 for a welfare check and found the boy’s body inside a cooler filled with ice, KABC reported. Prosecutors have identified the child as Isaiah H. and say he died of his injuries on October 24. Three other children at the home, reported to be about 16, 13, and 9 months old, were taken into protective custody by county child welfare officials.
Judge Revokes Bail in Compton
At Tuesday’s Compton hearing, the judge ordered the three relatives held without bail, and local reporting indicates the District Attorney’s Office may decide whether to pursue death penalty enhancements, MyNewsLA reported. Since their arrests in late October, each defendant had been held in place of $2 million bail, according to the DA’s initial news release. The court set the case to return on May 11, when a judge will decide whether the evidence clears the bar to move the matter toward trial.
Legal Stakes and What Comes Next
The complaint alleges prolonged, severe abuse, and the inclusion of torture counts significantly increases their potential prison exposure and could open the door to special circumstance enhancements if prosecutors go that route. Prosecutors have said the three could face roughly 32 years to life in prison if convicted on all counts, according to KABC. Defense attorneys commonly attack both the strength of the evidence and any proposed enhancements during early hearings, so the May date is expected to be a pivotal moment in the case.
Ongoing Investigation
Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are continuing to work with the DA’s office on the investigation and have not publicly detailed any broader timeline of the alleged abuse beyond what is laid out in court documents. Community members and local media have described the case as deeply disturbing, and authorities are urging anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s homicide bureau. All of the charges remain allegations, and the three defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in court.
