Overview
- The Barcelona court for crimes against children, which ruled Monday, kept both parents in provisional custody without bail after rejecting their appeal.
- Doctors documented a femur fracture and anal fissures that forensic and pediatric specialists said fit sexual assault, and the baby remains in Vall d'Hebron’s pediatric ICU under Generalitat guardianship.
- Mossos investigators are retracing the baby’s first six weeks, including the parents’ visits to Hospital del Mar, Sant Joan de Déu, CAP Roger de Flor, and Sant Pau before the abuse protocol sent the child to Vall d’Hebron.
- Prosecutors sought detention and suspension of parental rights due to the severity of suspected crimes, which could bring roughly 10 to 15 years for sexual assault plus added time for very serious injuries and habitual abuse.
- The parents deny harming the child, the family has asked for genetic tests, the father is held in Brians after a minor inmate assault, and the mother remains in Barcelona’s Wad-Ras prison.