Overview

• Guardia Civil agents arrested Erika on July 1 in Puente de Vallecas after tracing the bags containing the newborn’s remains to nearby waste containers.
• Canine units from the Servicio Cinológico Central detected blood traces in several rooms of her home, and those samples have been sent for laboratory analysis.
• Autopsy and DNA results established that the infant was born alive, killed by a sharp weapon, and was of South American origin, leading investigators to focus on an Ecuadorian mother.
• Erika denies having been pregnant in 2024 and asserts that medication made conception impossible, formally contesting the homicide allegations.
• Authorities are reviewing a 2004 inquiry into the death of another newborn by Erika when she was 17 to inform their profile under judicial secrecy.