Byline: Kim Smith
Aug. 14--The Pima County Attorney's Office intends to seek the death penalty for a Tucson woman accused, along with her boyfriend, of killing his two small children.
The office is seeking the death penalty for Reina Gonzales, 23, based on three "aggravating factors" -- that more than one death took place, the age of the victims and that the deaths were "especially heinous, cruel or depraved," said Deputy Pima County Attorney Susan Eazer.
Gonzales and Christopher Payne, 29, are accused of abusing and killing Ariana Payne, 4, and Tyler Payne, 5, sometime between March 9 and Sept. 1, 2006.
Gonzales is facing two counts each …

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