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Utah woman accused of killing daughter was making plans to flee country, prosecutors say
Bail has been revoked for a lady charged with homicide within the loss of life of her 2-year-old daughter after prosecutors say she was planning from the Sanpete County Jail to flee the nation. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information)
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MORONI, Sanpete County — A decide has revoked bail for a lady accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter after prosecutors say the lady was making preparations whereas in jail to attempt to flee the nation.
Anyi Nicol Canales Cruz, 22, alongside together with her husband, Juan Castillo, 51, are charged in sixth District Courtroom with baby abuse murder, a first-degree felony, and baby abuse, a third-degree felony. Castillo additionally faces an extra cost of drug possession, a category A misdemeanor.
In December, Cruz’s 2-year-old daughter, Litzy, was taken to a hospital and was pronounced lifeless a short while later. Docs contacted the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Workplace after they stated they found indicators of abuse.
Along with bodily abuse, investigators say in addition they discovered a considerable amount of youngsters and grownup treatment within the house, and consider “that enormous quantities of treatment could have contributed to the loss of life of the juvenile,” a police reserving affidavit states.
Throughout a listening to on Jan. 11, a decide decided that Cruz is a flight danger however nonetheless set a bail of $150,000 over the objection of Sanpete County Lawyer Kevin Daniels who argued that Cruz must be held in jail with out bail pending trial, in keeping with courtroom information. Cruz is from Honduras and was charged in 2016 with getting into the U.S. illegally.
On Jan. 21, a Sanpete County sheriff’s deputy monitored a recorded name from the Sanpete County Jail between Cruz and a person described by prosecutors as “a paramour of the defendant.”
Through the dialog, Cruz tells the person, “I will go to Honduras with you if you’d like,” in keeping with a movement filed by prosecutors to have her bail revoked.
On Jan. 22, she had one other telephone dialog with the person.
“The recording picks up with the defendant stating to (the person), ‘The very first thing is getting out of right here. As soon as I get out, I will determine it out. I’ve loads of household in different states and they’re going to assist me,’” the movement states.
The person then talks about going to Mexico.
“Bear in mind I had beforehand instructed you we should always go and also you did not need to. See, it’s best to have listened to me,” Cruz replied, in keeping with the movement.
Later that very same day, Cruz is recorded telling the person a few dialog she had with Castillo previous to Litzy’s loss of life, by which she instructed they cut up up and he maintain his stepdaughter, the movement states.
In different recordings reviewed by the deputy, Cruz “was making preparations with (the person), relations and different males to provide you with the bail quantity because it at the moment stands. These efforts, mixed with the brand new data, paint an image of a person that has designed to flee the nation as quickly as she will make bail,” prosecutors argued of their movement. “It’s clear (Cruz) is making concrete plans to flee the USA.”
The movement was filed Jan. 24 and a decide revoked Cruz’s bail that very same day, in keeping with courtroom information, simply earlier than she may publish bail. A detention listening to is now scheduled for Feb. 22.