{"id":497818,"date":"2026-01-16T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mental-health-issues-attributed-to-woman-who-stole-a-child-in-guaymate\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:02:45","slug":"mental-health-issues-attributed-to-woman-who-stole-a-child-in-guaymate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mental-health-issues-attributed-to-woman-who-stole-a-child-in-guaymate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health issues attributed to woman who stole a child in Guaymate"},"content":{"rendered":"La Romana. <\/strong>\u2013 The National Police<\/a> reported that it intervened promptly in an incident recorded in the La Palma sector, Guaymate municipality, after a confusion occurred among community members, who misinterpreted that a woman was trying to kidnap a minor at the exit of an educational center, which was later attributed to mental health problems suffered by the woman.\n\nThe incident occurred in the afternoon, on Jos\u00e9 Francisco Pe\u00f1a G\u00f3mez street, when Mrs. Ginet Adalkiris Quezada Mart\u00ednez, 36 years old, took the hands of a seven-year-old boy as he was leaving the Iscayagua Nueva public school.\n\nThis action caused alarm among those present, who held the woman until the authorities arrived.\n\n\n

You can also read<\/strong>: Fire reported in company on Duarte highway near the entrance to Los Alcarrizos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nMembers of the Crimes and Offenses Against Persons Division, along with operational personnel, immediately arrived at the scene and transferred the woman to the corresponding detachment for verification and investigation purposes, under the supervision of the Public Ministry.\n\nAfter the investigations carried out, it was determined that there was no attempted kidnapping.\n\nThe authorities established that Mrs. Quezada Mart\u00ednez suffers from a mental health condition and had confused the minor with one of her children, due to physical and age similarities.\n\nFamily members of the woman reported that she has a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder and has been receiving specialized medical treatment since 2009, information that was duly supported by a medical certification presented to the Public Ministry.\n\nThe minor's mother corroborated before the authorities that, after talking with the woman, she was able to confirm that there was no criminal intent, but rather a confusion derived from her mental health condition.\n\nAs part of the corresponding protocol, the Public Ministry summoned the minor's mother and the school's doorman for formal interviews, while the child will be evaluated by a psychologist from the specialized unit.\n\nThe National Police reiterated its commitment to the protection of children, respect for human rights, and the responsible handling of situations involving people with mental health conditions, urging citizens to always go to the authorities and avoid actions that could endanger the integrity of others.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Romana. \u2013 The National Police reported that it intervened promptly in an incident recorded in the La Palma sector, Guaymate municipality, after a confusion occurred among community members, who misinterpreted that a woman was trying to kidnap a minor at the exit of an educational center, which was later attributed to mental health problems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}