The death of an eight-month old baby from anal violation shock has horrified Dominicans. Mirelys Morillo Pinales was the daughter of 41-year old Pineda Morillo and 36-year old Modestina Pinales who lived in a shack in the El Tamarindo barracks built to house a group of city residents that lost their own shacks during Hurricane Georges. The Police arrested the father, mother and 15-year old brother of the baby for investigations. The father of the child denounced the death of his daughter, who he found on the floor beside his bed. He said he had been sleeping from 5-7 pm with his daughter. The police said the father was recovering from being under the influence of alcohol. Mirelys was the sixth daughter of the family. An older daughter of the family, Arelis, said she didn’t think her father had raped the baby.
