Jovan Trevino pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the 2021 deaths.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Nevada mother was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole after admitting she drowned her two young children in bathtubs at their Henderson home in 2021.
Jovan Trevino, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 4-year-old Christopher Fox and 1-year-old Gihanna Fox. The sentence ended a nearly five-year criminal case that once carried the possibility of the death penalty.
District Judge Carli Kierny handed down the sentence at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Trevino apologized in court and said she was in the “darkest place” of her life when the children died. Kierny told Trevino the case would stay with her. “I will remember your case forever,” the judge said.
Police found the children dead inside the family’s Henderson home on July 19, 2021. Authorities said Trevino later told officers she had taken a sleeping aid with alcohol before the killings. Court records said she drowned each child in a bathtub before leaving Nevada and going to Bullhead City, Arizona, where she was arrested.
Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani called the killings an “unforgivable crime” during the hearing. He said the case was among the most extreme he had seen in 15 years as a prosecutor. Trevino’s guilty plea avoided a trial and set the sentence at life without the possibility of parole.
The children’s father, Christopher Fox, and grandmother, Shawna Fox, gave victim impact statements before the sentence was imposed. Shawna Fox said the children were left for their father to find when he came home from work. Christopher Fox asked the court to remember his children as joyful and loving, not only for the crime that ended their lives.
The case now moves out of the trial court phase. Trevino will serve the sentence in state prison, with no parole eligibility. The deaths of Christopher and Gihanna remain part of the court record as two first-degree murder convictions.
Author note: Last updated May 14, 2026.