State To Seek Death Penalty In Barahona Case
Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Jorge and Carmen Barahona who are accused of torturing two of their adopted children and killing their adopted daughter 10-year old Nubia.
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Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Jorge and Carmen Barahona who are accused of torturing two of their adopted children and killing their adopted daughter 10-year old Nubia.
A south Miami-Dade couple will be formally arraigned Monday on charges of first degree murder, aggravated abuse and neglect in the death of their adopted daughter 10-year old Nubia Barahona.
A south Miami-Dade couple has been indicted by a Miami-Dade grand jury on charges of first degree murder, aggravated abuse and neglect in the death of their adopted daughter 10-year old Nubia.
The South Florida man accused of murdering his adopted daughter, and torturing both she and her twin brother, has been brought back to Miami-Dade to face murder and abuse charges.
Jorge Barahona is headed back to Miami-Dade county, where he will face murder and child abuse charges in the death of his adopted daughter, Nubia Barahona, following a ruling Monday by a Palm Beach county judge.
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A Miami-Dade man charged in the death of his 10-year old adopted daughter and the torture of both she and her twin brother will meet with a county public defender later this month.
The independent review panel investigating the Barahona case will meet Thursday afternoon for its fifth and final hearing, during which the panel is expected to release its findings after several weeks of testimony.
Family members of a 10-year old boy who was found barely alive suffering from chemical burns in his adoptive father's truck in West Palm Beach have gone to court to seek custody.
A Miami-Dade Juvenile Court judge decided Tuesday that the children of a Hialeah couple arrested over the weekend for neglect should be temporarily put in a shelter. Meanwhile, a woman who knew the couple said she called DCF on them last September.
Newly released documents detail the tragic life and death of 10-year old Nubia Barahona at the hands of her adoptive parents.
An independent panel of child welfare experts investigating one of the worst child abuse cases in South Florida history met again Monday afternoon in its effort to determine what went wrong in the state's effort to protect Victor and Nubia Barahona.
A Hialeah couple charged with neglect after police found their toddler son living in filth in a hotel room remain in jail Monday night.
Calling the actions of two adoptive parents accused of murdering one of their children "subhuman, depressing and sickening," Miami-Dade police director Jim Loftus spoke about the case in general terms Monday afternoon.
The South Miami-Dade woman charged in the death of her adopted daughter and torture of her adopted son made her first appearance before a judge on Sunday.
People who lived near the home of Carmen and Jorge Barahona said they are relieved that Carmen Barahona had been arrested Saturday.
Carmen Barahona, the adopted mother of murdered Nubia Barahona, was arrested Saturday by Miami-Dade police.
It's the slap heard all over South Florida. A back handed swipe, just inches from a young boy's face that landed a Pompano Beach mom in jail on felony charges.
An independent panel of child welfare experts is meeting again Thursday discussing one of the worst child abuse cases in South Florida history as it tries to determine what went wrong in the state's effort to protect Victor and Nubia Barahona.
The Blue Ribbon Panel appointed to figure out how the case of Nubia and Victor Barahona slipped through the cracks, is set to meet again Thursday morning.
Child welfare attorney Christy Lopez-Acevedo testified Tuesday before a blue-ribbon investigative panel, telling a tale of warnings ignored that should have alerted state officials of the abuse of at least two children at the home of Jorrge and Carmen Barahona.
A memorial was held Sunday in memory of 10-year Nubia Barahona whose body was found Valentine's Day stuffed in plastic in the back of her adoptive father's truck off I-95 in West Palm Beach.
Miami-Dade Police, along with investigators from the West Palm Beach police department, continued searching the home and yard of Jorge and Carmen Barahona Wednesday.
The 7-year-old girl who blew the whistle on the alleged abuse of Nubia and Victor Barahona, just days before Nubia was found dead in her adoptive father's pickup truck and her twin brother was found critically injured, will remain in the sole custody of her father.
The top man for the Department of Children and Family Services personally visited the 10 year old boy at the center of the Barahona child abuse case Saturday.
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