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Baby in Suspected Sexual Abuse Case Improving as Prosecutor Extends Detention and Orders Phone Forensics

Prosecutors are waiting on forensic and medical reports before scheduling the imputation hearing.

Overview

  • The six-month-old remains hospitalized at Hospital Víctor J. Vilela in delicate but slowly improving condition under antibiotic treatment and intravenous nutrition.
  • Doctors performed an exploration under anesthesia to document the injury and collected biological samples now handled by the Instituto Médico Legal.
  • The man who was in a relationship with the baby’s mother is the sole detainee and will stay in custody until the imputation hearing following a requested extension.
  • Prosecutor Agustina Fertitta ordered additional measures, including forensic analysis of the cellphones of the 16-year-old mother and the maternal grandmother.
  • The provincial child-protection agency imposed an exceptional measure preventing the parents from caring for the child, and the grandmother testified, acknowledged assaulting the suspect, and turned over her phone for analysis.