Loudoun woman faces charge in 2005 death of her child A Loudoun County woman was charged with murdering her 20-month-old daughter nearly seven years after the child died, authorities said. Vanesa Patricio-Cruz, 30, of Sterling, was arrested Monday after sheriff's office detectives revisited the investigation, Loudoun's Office of the Sheriff said. Family members brought toddler Jocelin Gutierrez to a fire and rescue station in South Riding on Aug. 13, 2005. The child, who was suffering from unknown injuries, was taken to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, authorities said, and died later that evening. Eight months after Jocelin's death, autopsy results showed that the cause of death was "likely" blunt force trauma, county Sheriff Mike Chapman said. No charges were filed at the time, Chapman said, because there was still some question about how the child died. It wasn't until detectives recently followed up on the case and sought an additional medical expert's review that the cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma, Chapman said. Sheriff's officials declined to provide additional information about the case or Patricio-Cruz, citing upcoming court proceedings. Chapman, who was elected sheriff in November, said the reexamination of the case was part of a broader initiative to review cases that have languished. "We're going to put a whole lot of effort into going back over these cases," he said. Patricio-Cruz is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.