Memorial Ride Planned in New Britain for 12-Year-Old Girl Killed

Lamont nominates acting Child Advocate for full-time role

Gov. Ned Lamont is nominating Christina Ghio to be Connecticut’s Child Advocate. Ghio has been the acting Child Advocate for a year now. She was appointed to this position after the previous Child Advocate, Sarah Eagan, left the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) after less than a year on the job, according to a press release from the Office of Governor Lamont. Eagan left to become the Executive Director of the Center for Children’s Advocacy, a …

Child posed as dead New Britain girl in meeting, DCF says

The Department of Children and Families says that the mother of a New Britain girl whose decomposing remains were found earlier this month had another child impersonate the girl during a wellness check with the child welfare agency early this year, months after the preteen is believed to have died.  The remains of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-García were found on Oct. 8 in New Britain in a plastic container. Lawmakers and advocates have demanded ans…

Memorial ride planned in New Britain for 12-year-old girl killed

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) -- A memorial ride is planned in New Britain on Friday for 12-year-old Jacqueline Torres-Garcia, whose remains were found in a container earlier this month. The community will come together for a peaceful Jeep ride at 5 p.m. at the New Brite Plaza in New Britain. Connecticut DCF, Office of the Child Advocate investigating after 12-year-old’s remains found in New Britain New Britain officers responded to an abandon…

Family fought over custody of girl found dead in New Britain, court records show

NBC Connecticut Investigates learned new details about the death of a New Britain girl that has raised a lot of questions. Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia’s remains were discovered last week at an abandoned property on Clark Street. Police believe she was killed sometime last fall. Family court records reveal more about where she was living and with whom. For most of her...

Family fought over custody of girl found dead in Connecticut, court records show

NBC Connecticut Investigates learned new details about the death of a New Britain girl that has raised a lot of questions. Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia’s remains were discovered last week at an abandoned property on Clark Street. Police believe she was killed sometime last fall. Family court records reveal more about where she was living and with whom. For most of her life, it was with her paternal grandmother, Patricia Delgado. Court documen…

Court Documents Reveal Custody Battles Over 12-Year-Old Girl Found Dead Behind Abandoned Home

Court documents reveal years of family squabbles over the custody of an 12-year-old Connecticut girl who was found dead on an abandoned property last week. Jacqueline Torres’s mother, Karla Garcia, and her boyfriend, Jonatan Nanita, have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and Garcia’s sister, Jackelyn Garcia, is charged with tampering with evidence, as CrimeOnline reported. Karla Garcia also faces charges of cruelty to chi…