Overview
- Dayana “N” and Elizabeth “N” were ordered into preventive detention after a judge approved their vinculación a proceso, according to the Baja California state prosecutor’s office.
- Elizabeth “N” faces a charge of homicidio calificado con ventaja, while Dayana “N” is accused of homicide by omission (comisión por omisión con dolo eventual), family violence, and omission of care.
- Forensic findings indicate the infant died from severe cranial trauma, with additional indicators of malnutrition, dehydration, lack of vaccinations, and the presence of toxic substances.
- Investigators report the mother left the child with Elizabeth on September 7 despite her drug use, and the assault allegedly occurred in the early hours of September 8 in Colonia Guadalupe Victoria.
- Authorities are reviewing procedural irregularities after the body was transferred from Hospital General de Tijuana to Funeraria Latinoamericana without standard ministerial steps, leading to a search that recovered the infant and at least eight adult bodies and triggered a Coepris inspection.