Corena Minjarez is standing trial for the murders of Jesus Dominguez Jr., 5, and Yesenia Dominguez, 3.

The children were last seen alive in 2018, and their bodies were discovered by police in 2024.

Prosecutors claim Minjarez was responsible for the two children's deaths, while defense attorneys painted Dominguez as a user who killed the children and blamed Minjarez.

The trial is set to resume Friday.

After more than three days of jury selection, the homicide trial of a Pueblo woman accused of killing two young children got underway on Aug. 14 with attorneys' opening statements.

While prosecutors in the trial of Corena Minjarez painted her as a murderer in their opening remarks, attorneys for Minjarez blamed her co-defendant, Jesus Dominguez Sr., for the deaths of the two children

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