Here’s why a child’s murder case still hasn’t gone to trial after more than a decade

Miami-Dade County, Fla. – The trial of the person accused in one in all South Florida’s maximum horrific kid abuse circumstances has stretched over 13 years.

Police discovered Nubia Barahona lifeless within the truck of her adoptive father, Jorge Barahona, then 53, at the aspect of the street on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County in February of 2011.

Investigators stated Nubia’s dual brother, Victor Barahona, was once discovered convulsing from chemical substances within the truck, whilst Nubia was once pronounced lifeless and wrapped up in plastic behind it.

Gail Levine, the case’s unique prosecutor, who’s now retired, says she recollects the shiny element of bondage and torture in Barahona’s house and the then-court-appointed dad or mum who first raised purple flags in regards to the well-being of twins Nubia and Victor with the couple that first fostered then followed them.

“Jorge Barahona is the worst of the worst,” she stated. “Due to judges’ calendars, due to the defense, and the attorney’s decision to go to trial on other cases, Jorge Barahona’s case took a backseat.”

Investigators say the twins, Nubia and Victor, who have been 10 years outdated on the time, have been starved and locked in the toilet inside of their west Miami-Dade house for lengthy classes of time and have been additionally bodily abused and tortured.

“When I would try to come and do my visits with them, there were times they wouldn’t let me in the house,” stated Paul Neumann, the court-appointed dad or mum.

Police stated the home was once a torture chamber, particularly for Nubia who was once allegedly overwhelmed and starved.

Thirteen years later, Carmen Barahona, the mummy of the twins, has taken a plea in go back for attesting in opposition to her husband in his dying penalty trial, a case this is still nowhere close to trial.

Judges and lawyers have modified for years as Jorge Barahona continues to ask for postponements.

“It makes no sense,” stated Neumann. “Everyone I talk to can’t believe it’s still going on.”

Tuesday’s court docket listening to about whether or not Jorge Barahona is competent to stand trial was once once more reset. He faces the dying penalty if convicted.

“Just because now he says he’s sorry that he mutilated and tortured two children, doesn’t mean he gets to be sorry and take a lesser plea,” stated Levine.