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Timeline for Crystal Figueroa

For six weeks, little Crystal Figueroa was known only as Jane Cordova Doe. The 3-year-old was found beaten to death in a dumpster with almost no trace of who left her there.

Marc Anthony Colon and Gladys Perez left for Las Vegas from Los Angeles driving two cars, an Infiniti and a Dodge Intrepid. The cars were loaded up with Crystal, Crystal's sister Lesley and Marc Anthony's two children. They arrived in the Las Vegas Valley on a Sunday, Jan. 8 and stayed at the Stratosphere for one night.

On Jan. 9, the family walked to downtown Las Vegas. Crystal was in good health. That same day they rented a weekly apartment downtown on Carson Street. On Jan. 11, Marc Anthony went gambling and lost most of their money. When he got back to the apartment, he and Gladys got in an argument about his gambling and it turned violent. Marc Anothony beat both Gladys and Crystal. Both of them were visibly hurt.

On Jan. 12, the next morning, Crystal complained her stomach hurt and she was throwing up. Gladys went to get medication at a nearby Walgreens. When she got back Crystal had a seizure. They wrapped her in the blue blanket she was found with, put her in the Inifiniti and went looking for a hospital. But they dediced not to because Gladys and Crystal looked so beat up. And then, Crystal stopped breathing. The couple panicked, drove around until they saw the dumpster at Villa Cordova apartments, put Crystal's body into the dumpster, went back to the apartment, packed up and left.

According to the police documents the couple put everything in Colon's car and abandoned the Infiniti at the Primm Valley resort on the California-Nevada state line. Gladys Perez says when they got to California she and Colon planned on killing themselves after they safely left the other children with family members.

Here's a look back at how this murder case unfolded:

• On Jan. 12, three-and-a-half year old Jane Cordova Doe was found beaten to death and left in a dumpster at the Villa Cordova apartments.
• Officers and volunteers canvassed the neighborhood with her picture and a community memorial with flowers, stuffed animals and candles grew by the day.
• On Jan. 16, mobile billboards and Spanish language fliers flooded the Las Vegas community.
• On Jan. 21, there was national attention from America's Most Wanted, which featured the story of the little girl.
• On Jan. 30, Metro was working more than 150 active leads when a new and more accurate picture of the little girl was released.