Overview

• The child, identified as Sebastián Emanuel Yafrate, arrived at Hospital Mariano y Luciano de la Vega without vital signs with injuries consistent with physical abuse.
• Police detained the stepfather, Cristian Deivy Torrico Mendoza, 30, who admitted causing the boy’s death and acknowledged asphyxiation.
• He is formally accused of aggravated homicide, and the case is being handled by the Moreno–General Rodríguez prosecutorial unit.
• Forensic teams from Policía Científica have been assigned, and an autopsy was ordered to determine the precise cause of death.
• The boy’s mother reported repeated beatings by the stepfather and witnesses had seen injuries days earlier, while she remains available to expand her testimony.