Overview

• Puerto Rico’s Justice Department identified the suspects as Elvia Cabrera Rivera, 40, and her daughter Anthoneishka Avilés Cabrera, 17, who were detained in connection with the August 11 killing of Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario.
• Prosecutors said both face first-degree murder and weapons charges following the attack outside a summer-end gathering in Aibonito.
• Investigators reported seizing a knife and bloodstained clothing from a relative’s residence and impounding a vehicle believed to have been used by the assailants.
• The Aibonito Criminal Investigations Corps and the prosecutor’s office are continuing the probe to determine additional planning or participants.
• Reporting indicates the assault was a planned trap carried out with a blade hidden in a decorative comb, leaving the 16-year-old fatally wounded and a friend injured who has since been released from care.