Confirm imprisonment for the mother of the crime of the baby thrown into a dumpster in Portocristo

PalmaThe Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands confirmed this Tuesday the provisional imprisonment of the woman sentenced to a revisable life sentence for murdering her newborn daughter, whom she threw into a dumpster in Portocristo. The decision was made during the hearing held this Tuesday to review her procedural situation. The woman, Yolanda, was already in provisional prison after being arrested last week, once she was located after being on the run for nearly ten days.

The magistrate has ratified the precautionary measure agreed by a court in Manacor and has determined that the convicted person remain imprisoned while the proceedings continue, pending the resolution of the appeals announced by the defense.

The facts were judged at the end of March by a popular jury at the Audiencia de las Baleares. Both the mother and the baby's uncle, Gustavo, were sentenced to life imprisonment with reviewable parole as perpetrators of a murder offense. On the other hand, the aunt was sentenced to a fine for omission of the duty of assistance.

During the trial, Yolanda was on provisional release due to the existence of two contradictory expert reports, but she did not appear for the reading of the verdict, on March 22. This led to an arrest warrant being issued.

The National Police and the Civil Guard began a joint investigation that lasted for nearly two weeks, until the woman was located near Montuïri. After a surveillance operation of about 48 hours, she came out of her hiding place and headed towards Manacor, where she was finally arrested.

The events date back to November 3, 2023, when the woman, 26 or 27 weeks pregnant, went into labor inside a vehicle. After giving birth, she handed the baby to the man to throw it in a dumpster and the three fled the scene.

The sentence concludes that the convicted acted with the intention of "getting rid" of the baby, despite being near a hospital where they could have asked for help. The judge emphasizes that abandoning a premature newborn in these conditions "amounts to condemning her to certain death".