Women accused in death of 7-year-old Trevion Winningham enter not guilty pleas

MILWAUKEE -- 44-year-old Etter Hughes and 47-year-old Mary Martinez pleaded not guilty on Monday, December 12th to charges in connection with the death of seven-year-old Trevion Winningham.

According to officials, Winningham was brought from a residence near 19th and National Avenue to a hospital on Tuesday, November 29th. The child was suffering from numerous injuries. The child died a few hours later.

Hughes and Martinez face the following charges:

According to the criminal complaint, Etter Hughes brought Winningham and a nine-year-old boy to St. Luke's Medical Center on Tuesday. She "yelled out that she had an unresponsive baby." Medical personnel helped carry the boy into the emergency room.

The complaint indicates Hughes "claimed to have discovered Trevion W. unresponsive" when she woke up. Hughes also "handed a handwritten note" to a security official at St. Luke's. It blamed the nine-year-old boy "for inflicting the injuries on Trevion’s body."

Medical officials noted that Winningham’s "body was marked with significant signs of trauma." Police were immediately notified due to the concern for severe child physical abuse. After a pulse was regained, the boy was taken to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Doctors at Children's Hospital attempted more life-saving measures -- but Winningham later died.

Both Hughes and Martinez will be back in court on January 5th, 2017.