The stepdaughter and mother, who died two years ago from her injuries, have been remanded to correctional centers after a guarantees judge applied the precautionary measure of provisional detention. During the multiple requests hearing, the Homicide and Femicide Prosecutor's Office for the Panama West region requested charges to be filed against the stepfather of the minor for the crimes of femicide, child abuse, and rape. Meanwhile, the mother of the victim was charged with child abuse. Investigations into this femicide case began on December 3 after a two-year-old girl died at the Nicolás A. Solano Hospital in La Chorrera, where she had been taken by her stepfather. On that date, the 24-year-old man told on-duty doctors that the girl had fallen. However, during the course of the investigation and based on medical information, it was determined that the two-year-old minor showed signs of abuse, as well as rape. You may be interested: Stepfather and mother sent to prison for murder of 2-year-old girl December 07, 2025 Double blow: pistol seized in taxi and drugs in Alto de Los Lagos December 07, 2025 Hitman kills young man with a shot to the face in Curundú December 07, 2025 Young man executed in gang shootout in "The Pentagon" of Santa Ana December 07, 2025 Nicaraguan woman sought for drugs in Costa Rica is captured in Panama December 07, 2025 In August 2022, the Homicides and Femicides Section of the Regional Prosecutor's Office of Panama West achieved a 30-year prison sentence for the stepfather and mother of an 11-month-old infant. The couple was convicted for crimes against life and personal integrity in the modality of aggravated homicide and for the crime of family violence in the modality of child abuse. This event occurred in the La Veraneras sector, of the Arraiján district, in the province of Panama West.
