A Santo Domingo province judge has again rescheduled the trial of those accused of kidnapping and murdering of the 10-year old minor Carla Massiel Cabrera, who disappeared on 25 June 2015 in the Los Garcia sector of Pedro Brand and whose remains were discovered on 16 August 2016. The reason for her death has not yet been revealed.
Judge Karen Montoya rescheduled the case as those accused, Juan Cabral Martinez (Chuti) and Dawin Trinidad Infante, were not taken to the court from the jails in San Pedro de Macoris and La Victoria.
The decision was also taken to delay the trial in order to complete the judicial process that obligates the daughter of the owner of Clínica Integral, Liliana Santana to appear in court. Santana is being sued by the family of the murdered girl. The lawyer of Santana, Luis Rivas has claimed his client is innocent, arguing that at the time of the incident she was recovering from a premature birth and could not have contacted Mr. Trinidad, who has accused Santana of paying him US$3,600 to bury the body of the child.
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Listin Diario
14 February 2017
