Overview

• New Britain officials identified the victim as Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres, 12, and said her mother Karla Garcia, boyfriend Jonatan Nanita, and aunt Jackelyn Garcia face charges tied to her death.
• Nanita was arrested in Waterbury on Monday evening, while Karla Garcia and Jackelyn Garcia were taken into custody earlier; bonds were set at $5 million for Karla and Nanita and $1 million for Jackelyn.
• Charges include murder with special circumstances, conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with evidence, unlawful restraint, risk of injury to a child, and intentional cruelty to a child, with counts varying by defendant.
• Officers found the remains on Oct. 8 in a large container behind an abandoned Clark Street property after a report of suspicious behavior from a witness who saw items being dropped off.
• Investigators searched the family’s former Farmington home on Monday; the medical examiner is still determining cause of death, DCF has opened a case review, and the victim’s siblings are in state custody.