They find cause for arrest for murder of infant Dylan Caleb Vega in Humacao

Humacao Court today found cause for arrest against stepfather and mother of 2-year-old Dylan Caleb Vega, the bone was found in Humacao.

The director of the Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) of the Humacao area, Teddy Morales, has indicated that the charges were submitted this morning against Leslie Pagán Díaz, 25, and José E. Santiago Maymí, 31.

Morales indicated who charges charges for first-degree murder, child abuse, and destruction of evidence.

Judge Enid Cristina Rivera García of the Court of First Instance of Humacao, determined probable cause in the charges filed and imposed a global bail of $ 1,500,000 to each of the defendants, Which was not lent by both. The preliminary hearing was scheduled for December 30, 2020.

In a press release, the Department of Justice reported that the investigation shows that the child “He was the victim of a pattern of abuse that led to his death.”

“In addition, after the death of the minor, both defendants disposed of the child’s body leaving the same abandoned, without notifying the authorities, on the banks of the Patagonia River in Humacao, where his ossada on September 21, 2020 by agents of the Humacao Homicide Division, ”he added.

For his part, Morales noted “this case consists of documentary, scientific and testimonial evidence.”

However, she did not want to comment on the alleged confession that the woman had made when she was arrested for other acts – a robbery – on 21 September.

“Later we will be working with the evidence that will be presented at trial, depending on what the defense presents. We have enough evidence to prove the case without the need for a confession,” Morales argued.

Part of the information that has transpired is that it was the mother who indicated the location of the remains and that led the authorities to find them.

That day, Morales told El Nou Dia that “we didn’t come to the ossada by chance, we’re not fortune tellers. We received information about where the ossada was, that’s not the same as a confession or admission.”

At the moment, the child’s stepfather and mother were already summoned to prison after they found cause for arrest for another case, related to theft and violation of the law of arms.

The time to submit these charges was largely due to the scientific examinations to which the bone had to be subjected to confirm the identity of the victim.

It was not until October 21 that the Institute of Forensic Sciences was able to confirm that, in fact, it was the remains of a child, after the bone was subjected to evaluations of genetic material and an anthropologist. forensic.