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Gesell Interviews Reinforce Case in Jeremías Monzón Killing as Charges Near

The prosecutor says the new statements support moving to charges pending two lab reports.

Overview

  • Two boys who were 14 at the time gave recorded statements in a Gesell interview, a child‑sensitive, one‑way‑mirror interview used to preserve testimony for trial, and the prosecutor said their accounts match the case theory.
  • The prosecution said it is close to filing formal charges and is waiting for two technical reports to complete the case file.
  • A court order on Tuesday dismissed charges against B. S. V. because he was 14 at the time and the new juvenile justice law does not apply retroactively.
  • Sixteen‑year‑old Milagros A. remains held in a juvenile center as a suspected co‑author, and her mother, Nadia Ivón Juárez, stays in pretrial detention accused of helping the teens dump the weapons about an hour after the killing.
  • The autopsy found 23 stab wounds and two sharp tools were used, details that underpin the aggravated homicide case now moving toward a formal accusation.