Forensicwx
Final Roll Call 4153. STLCO 10-42 10/13 @ 1519
First, Paola Vargas-Ortiz told police she tossed her 4-month old son off the northern end of the Seven Mile Bridge. A brief search by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was called off when the she changed her story.
Then, the distraught woman threatening to take the long leap into the chilly water Sunday afternoon, said her infant was at home safe and with family. But when Monroe County sheriff’s deputies searched the woman’s car and spotted a baby seat and toys — and no infant — they grew more concerned.
Finally, as Vargas-Ortiz was being escorted from the bridge she made this admission: Her child was at home, in a freezer, dead. She also told police, who rushed her to Fishermen’s Community Hospital in Marathon, that she had ingested rat poison.
Keys cops called Homestead police, who raced to the home at 2482 NE Third Ct. and confirmed the woman’s account. Now Vargas-Ortiz’s mental condition is being evaluated at Jackson Memorial Hospital. And the cause of her son’s death is being investigated by the Miami-Dade County medical examiner.
No charges have been filed.
“There wasn’t any struggle, nothing like that,” said Monroe County sheriff’s spokeswoman Becky Herrin, recalling Sunday’s tragic events and Vargas-Ortiz being taken into custody. “It’s very sad. Who knows what happened?” ....
As of Wednesday morning, few details had emerged about the sad episode and gruesome discovery. There was no access to Vargas-Ortiz’s home inside a gated subdivision in Homestead called the Isle of Oasis. It wasn’t clear who lived at the home or if anyone was there when police arrived. And until a cause of death is determined, law enforcement was holding off on pressing any charges.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/homestead/article55579570.html"We found a deceased male approximately 4 months old inside a freezer,” said Miami-Dade Detective and spokeswoman Robin Pinkard. “We’re waiting for the autopsy to determine cause of death. We haven’t filed charges pending the medical examiner’s findings.”
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/police-dead-baby-found-inside-freezer-of-homestead-home/