Rohnert Park Suspect in Foster Care Abuse Case Dies in Custody

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A woman from Rohnert Park who was facing charges in a child torture and rape case is dead. The attorney for 53-year-old Gina Centeno says his client, who was in custody, died at a hospital in Sacramento on Sunday. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office says she died of natural causes after being diagnosed with Leukemia. Her trial was going to start in May. Centeno and her husband were to stand trial on suspicion of torturing three foster children, including one who disappeared in 2012.