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Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Pardon.

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Speaker 1: Tragic details have emerged in a case involving an eleven

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Speaker 1: year old girl from Connecticut who was reportedly deprived of

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Speaker 1: food for two weeks leading to her death last year.

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Speaker 1: She was also frequently restrained with zip ties. According to

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Speaker 1: police reports. The girl's remains were discovered in a plastic

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Speaker 1: bin last month. Disturbingly, it was revealed that another child

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Speaker 1: impersonated her during a video call with the state child

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Speaker 1: welfare agency several months after her death, as documented in

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Speaker 1: court records. Recent revelations surrounding Jacqueline or Mimi Torres Garcia's

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Speaker 1: death have surfaced following the release of arrest and search warrants,

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Speaker 1: indicating severe abuse and attempts to conceal the truth. The

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Speaker 1: state medical examiner recently concluded that her death was a

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Speaker 1: result of fatal child abuse and starvation. Paul Mieln's son,

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Speaker 1: the public safety director in Farmington, expressed his sorrow over

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Speaker 1: the incident, saying no child should have to endure such

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Speaker 1: suffering and noted the emotional strain the investigation has placed

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Speaker 1: on police and investigators. On Friday, Jacqueline or Mimi's mother,

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Speaker 1: Carla Garcia, along with two other individuals implicated in the case,

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Speaker 1: made brief appearances in Torrington's Superior Court. Garcia's attorney entered

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Speaker 1: not guilty please on her behalf the charges that include

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Speaker 1: murder and child cruelty. Her ex boyfriend Jonathan Nanita, also

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Speaker 1: faced similar charges and did not enter a plea. Carla's sister,

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Speaker 1: Jacqueline Garcia, who is not charged with murder, pleaded not

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Speaker 1: guilty to charges of cruelty to a child. The case

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Speaker 1: for all three defendants has been postponed until December. Their lawyers,

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Speaker 1: who are currently representing them say all three are being

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Speaker 1: held without bail. The allegations are horrifying and what happened

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Speaker 1: to this child is truly tragic, remarked Lonus Coloitus, attorney

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Speaker 1: for Jacqueline Garcia. She went on to say the extent

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Speaker 1: of my client's responsibility has not been established. Mimi's body

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Speaker 1: was found on October eighth in a plastic bin discarded

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Speaker 1: at an abandoned property in New Britain, about twelve miles

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Speaker 1: southwest of Hartford. Authorities believe she died in September of

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Speaker 1: twenty four while living with her mother and siblings in Farmington.

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Speaker 1: According to arrest warrance, Carla Garcia admitted that she and

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Speaker 1: the boyfriend stopped feeding her daughter two weeks before her death. She,

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Speaker 1: along with the boyfriend and sister, was accused of mistreating

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Speaker 1: Little Mimi, including using zip ties to restrain her. Carla

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Speaker 1: has three children with the man, Nanita, and two with

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Speaker 1: another man, including Jacqueline. It is alleged that Nanita disposed

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Speaker 1: of her daughter's body months before she was found buried.

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Speaker 1: Carla Garcia reportedly told investigators that her daughter was quote

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Speaker 1: bad and did not listen or respect them. In a

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Speaker 1: police interview, she claimed that it was her sister that

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Speaker 1: engaged in inappropriate behavior with a girl, hitting her and

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Speaker 1: causing her harm. Initially, she also suggested that her daughter

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Speaker 1: had died after her boyfriend stomped on her head. However,

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Speaker 1: she later confessed to neglect an abuse after being informed

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Speaker 1: that the autopsy revealed no signs of physical trauma. Authorities

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Speaker 1: reported that Carla kept her daughter's remains in her home

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Speaker 1: and then transported them when she relocated back to New Britain.

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Speaker 1: Earlier this year, she had withdrawn her daughter from the

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Speaker 1: local school system, stating she would be homeschooling her. When

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Speaker 1: questioned about the girl's whereabouts, the mother claimed she was

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Speaker 1: living with friends, and then in January, the Department of

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Speaker 1: Children and Family investigated a report of possible child abuse

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Speaker 1: in the home. During a video call set up by

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Speaker 1: the agency, officials spoke to a girl whom Carla claimed

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Speaker 1: was Mimi, but police later identified her as another child,

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Speaker 1: likely a friend's daughter, as Mimi was already dead. The

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Speaker 1: Department of Children and Families is currently reviewing its interaction

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Speaker 1: with the family, having had previous contacts, the last being

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Speaker 1: in September of twenty twenty two, when it deemed the

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Speaker 1: home safe for children or Crime and Justice News after

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Speaker 1: this and now to Indiana, authorities are conducting an investigation

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Speaker 1: after reports emerged that students at a local high school

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Speaker 1: consumed THHC edibles gummies to be exact. The Steuben County

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Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office reported that students at Angola High School inadvertently

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Speaker 1: ingested THHC infused gummies unattended in a classroom during their

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Speaker 1: final class on Thursday. It was discovered that the candy

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Speaker 1: had been brought into the classroom by a teacher identified

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Speaker 1: as forty nine year old Deborah mcgillum. Further inquiries revealed

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Speaker 1: that additional food items believed to also contain THHC were

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Speaker 1: found in mcgillum's possession. Detectives interviewed both the students involved

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Speaker 1: and the teacher, who had arrived at the Steuben County

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Speaker 1: Sheriff's office by car. During her questioning, officers observed signs

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Speaker 1: multiple charges, including neglect of a dependent, possession of a

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Speaker 1: The investigation is ongoing and the Indiana Department of Child

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Speaker 1: Services has been notified of the incident. According to students,

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Speaker 1: the teacher left the candy unattended on her desk and

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Speaker 1: they simply helped themselves. Police and family members in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: are hoping the public can help them find their missing

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Speaker 1: loved one, Jennifer castro Galinio. She never returned to her

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Speaker 1: hometown of Chattanooga after being released from Grady Hostile bitdle

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Speaker 1: In Atlanta on October five, twenty twenty five. She is

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Speaker 1: twenty five years old, stands five to four one hundred

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Speaker 1: and thirty five pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

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Speaker 1: Anyone with information regarding Jennifer's disappearance as asked to contact

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Police Department at four zero four five four

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Speaker 1: six six' nine zero. Zero for the latest crime injustice,

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