Overview
- An Arrecife court on Friday ordered the father jailed without bail, shifting him from provisional release to pretrial custody in the case.
- The judicial reconstruction says he shook the baby in a car, said he could not stand the crying, and answered that it “could be” when asked if he struck the child’s head.
- The order states he kept driving for about ten minutes after the baby turned purple and stopped breathing, returned home without telling the mother, and sought medical help only later.
- A preliminary autopsy found a violent head injury that caused the brain to lose oxygen at once, leading the court to treat the case as intentional homicide with a possible family‑tie aggravator that carries 10 to 15 years.
- The investigation remains in the ordinary courts, the ruling can be appealed within days, and the judge cited flight and repeat‑offense risks, noting a prior police record for gender violence and a 2024 conviction for driving without a license.