Authorities got some help in their investigation into an Indiana woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter during years of systematic abuse by the woman’s own son.
Alianna Maya Gomez-Alvarez was last seen alive in November 2021. Relatives called police in 2022 to report the girl missing, and detectives would eventually learn that Alianna had died. They also discovered that her body had been stuffed into a handbag that was then placed in a storage unit located across state lines in Kentucky.
Chyanne Porteraged 30, was actually convicted in December 2024 on charges of complicity in criminal abuse, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. Porter spent more than a year in a Kentucky prison after his conviction. However, on Tuesday, January 6, authorities in Indiana extradited the mother to face additional charges in that state.
In Indiana, Porter is accused not only of starving Alianna, who was her boyfriend’s daughter, José Gómez-Alvarezhe had a previous relationship but allegedly abused the girl for years. Police investigating the girl’s death said they interviewed the two children Porter shares with Gomez-Alvarez, and both talked about what happened at their Evansville home.
“Can I tell you something?” One of the children allegedly asked a detective, according to an affidavit that was reviewed by Us Weekly. “My mother killed Alianna and then put her in the basement.”
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The boy didn’t stop there, however, telling police that his parents cared more about their shared children than Alianna or Gómez-Alvarez’s other two children.
“My mom never fed her. She was very, very thin. She got skinny when my mom didn’t feed her,” the boy said, according to allegations in the affidavit.
One of Gómez-Alvarez’s other children reportedly told police that Porter and Gómez-Alvarez would beat, choke and starve them, and they believed Alianna had starved to death.
The affidavit notes that neither Porter nor Gómez-Alvarez ever reported Alianna missing.
Porter has been charged with nine criminal charges in Indiana, including neglect of a dependent, obstruction of justice, abuse of a dead body and failure to report a dead body.
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Porter still has six years left on his sentence in Kentucky. Gómez-Alvarez, whose age was unclear, was also sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to abusing a corpse and tampering with physical evidence. reports the Owensboro Times.
At this time, there is no indication that he will face charges in Indiana.
A start date has not been set for Porter’s upcoming trial in Indiana. She has not yet entered pleas to the nine criminal charges.
WFIE spoke with Evansville Police Sgt Anthony Aussieker about the case, and said he hopes the victims are better now.
“These are the cases that will stick with you forever. These are the most vulnerable people,” he says. “We as parents, speaking as parents, that’s our number one job is to protect and nurture our kids. These kids weren’t given that chance, it’s heartbreaking. So just thinking about these surviving kids, we hope they’re in a good, loving, stable environment and we hope they’re thriving and getting the treatment and help they need.”
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