MAYRA Rosales weighed a shocking 550kg at her heaviest. Doctors say she was the fattest living woman.
But that's not what the Texan became known for around the world.
In one of the most complicated and drawn-out murder trials in the state's history, Mayra confessed to crushing her two-year-old nephew, Junior, to death.
Authorities had to cut a hole in the brick wall of her home to
remove her when it came time to face a judge. And paramedics had to
carry her on a stretcher because she couldn't walk.
If she was found guilty of the boy's death, there were questions about whether there would be a dose of lethal injection big enough to kill her, such was her staggering weight.
That was 2008. She was eventually acquitted of the charges in 2011.
In the five years since the boy's harrowing death, Rosales has dropped more than half her weight and vowed never to be one of the world's fattest women again.
US television network TLC will air a special
documentary next month, tracking Rosales' progress through the
surgeries, physical therapy and rehabilitation that contributed to the
astounding weight loss.
With her new 180kg body, Rosales is now learning to do everyday activities like grocery shopping and job hunting, which her obesity once precluded her from.
She was spurred to lose weight for fear of her life.
In a trailer for the TLC special, she can be seen carried on a stretcher and loaded into a moving van because she's too fat to fit into an ambulance.
"At this point, if things don't change, I'm going to die," she says.
Ironically, it was her belief that she was on death's door that originally led her to confess to her nephew's murder.
She was eventually acquitted of the charge when it was discovered she was too fat to roll on to the boy and smother him as she claimed.
Her sister, the boy's mother, is serving 15 years' jail for abusing the boy, and it was revealed Mayra was covering for her kin.
"I thought I was dying anyway so I decided to admit that I'd done it to protect my sister because I love her," she said.
Today, Mayra, aged 32, has been given a second chance at life.
She says she wants to become physically fit enough to adopt and take
care of her nieces and nephews.
TLC is keeping Mayra's current appearance a secret until the special airs, but Facebook photos obtained by The Daily Mail reveal a much slimmer woman.
In one of the most complicated and drawn-out murder trials in the state's history, Mayra confessed to crushing her two-year-old nephew, Junior, to death.
When her lawyer met her, Mayra was the fattest woman in the world and had lived in her bed for two years. Picture: TLC
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If she was found guilty of the boy's death, there were questions about whether there would be a dose of lethal injection big enough to kill her, such was her staggering weight.
That was 2008. She was eventually acquitted of the charges in 2011.
In the five years since the boy's harrowing death, Rosales has dropped more than half her weight and vowed never to be one of the world's fattest women again.
Half the woman she used to be, Mayra Rosales, pictured with her cousin.
Source: Facebook
With her new 180kg body, Rosales is now learning to do everyday activities like grocery shopping and job hunting, which her obesity once precluded her from.
She was spurred to lose weight for fear of her life.
In a trailer for the TLC special, she can be seen carried on a stretcher and loaded into a moving van because she's too fat to fit into an ambulance.
"At this point, if things don't change, I'm going to die," she says.
At her heaviest, Mayra weighed 550kg and was confined to her bed for two years.
Source: YouTube
She was eventually acquitted of the charge when it was discovered she was too fat to roll on to the boy and smother him as she claimed.
Her sister, the boy's mother, is serving 15 years' jail for abusing the boy, and it was revealed Mayra was covering for her kin.
"I thought I was dying anyway so I decided to admit that I'd done it to protect my sister because I love her," she said.
Facebook pictures reveal a slimmer Mayra.
Source: Facebook
TLC is keeping Mayra's current appearance a secret until the special airs, but Facebook photos obtained by The Daily Mail reveal a much slimmer woman.
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