Prison confirmed for the mother of the crime of the baby thrown in a dumpster in Portocristo

PalmThe Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands confirmed this Tuesday the provisional imprisonment of the woman sentenced to life imprisonment with review 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 continue to be imprisoned while the proceedings run their course, pending the resolution of the appeals announced by the defense.

The facts were judged at the end of March by a popular jury in the Audiencia de las Baleares. Both the mother and the baby's uncle, Gustavo, were sentenced to life imprisonment with review as perpetrators of a murder offense. In contrast, 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, last March 22. This prompted a search and arrest warrant to be issued.

The National Police and the Civil Guard initiated a joint investigation that lasted for about two weeks, until the woman was located in the vicinity of Montuïri. After a surveillance operation of about 48 hours, she left 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 ruling 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 "means condemning her to certain death".