{"id":506886,"date":"2026-05-07T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/woman-sentenced-to-30-years-for-death-of-3-year-old-stepdaughter-after-constant-abuse-in-espaillat\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:23:22","slug":"woman-sentenced-to-30-years-for-death-of-3-year-old-stepdaughter-after-constant-abuse-in-espaillat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/woman-sentenced-to-30-years-for-death-of-3-year-old-stepdaughter-after-constant-abuse-in-espaillat\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman sentenced to 30 years for death of 3-year-old stepdaughter after constant abuse in Espaillat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> A court in Espaillat province sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison after finding her guilty of causing the death of her three-year-old stepdaughter, whom she constantly subjected to physical, emotional, and verbal abuse, the Public Ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\nThe sentence was imposed against Yaniris Mart\u00ednez Cordero, after the accusing body demonstrated before the court that she committed acts of torture and barbarity against the minor, causing her death.\n\nNichalson Nina, the girl’s father, was also sentenced to one year in prison for the case, after it was established that he was negligent in the care and protection of the minor.\n\nMart\u00ednez Cordero was found guilty of violating articles 295, 303-4 and 304 of the Dominican Penal Code, while Nina was convicted under article 357, numeral 3, of said legislation.\n\nDuring the trial, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the maximum sentence for both defendants, arguing that the girl was a victim of constant physical and psychological abuse that ultimately led to her death.\n\nAccording to the file prepared by the investigating prosecutor Keyla Rosario, the event occurred on May 8, 2023, around 9:30 in the morning, when the Criminal Investigation Department of Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez was notified by a medical examiner that a minor had been brought lifeless to a health center in that municipality.\n\nAccording to the medical report, the girl arrived at the hospital without vital signs and, after examination of the body, a forensic autopsy was recommended.\n\n\n

We recommend reading: Court orders reinstatement of Dominican Navy officer after intervention by the Ombudsman<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\nThe autopsy results determined that the minor presented multiple old traumatic lacerations on the back and abdomen, in addition to other injuries consistent with constant abuse.\n\nProsecutor Fernando Mart\u00ednez, fiscal prosecutor for Children and Adolescents of that jurisdiction, established during the investigations that prior to the girl’s death, a non-aggression agreement had been made between the father and stepmother at the educational center where the minor studied.\n\nThe measure was adopted because the girl frequently attended classes with visible bruises on different parts of her body, while several witnesses indicated that the stepmother constantly subjected her to acts of violence.\n\nAlso, the preliminary autopsy report confirmed that the minor suffered from the so-called battered child syndrome, presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage and edema, hemorrhagic gastritis, cyanosis in the nail beds, and old scars on different parts of the body.\n\nLitigating prosecutors Yesiely Fabr\u00e9 and Luisa Rodr\u00edguez supported the accusation with various documentary, expert, and testimonial evidence that allowed them to demonstrate the criminal responsibility of both defendants.\n\nThe sentence was handed down by the Collegiate Court of the Espaillat Judicial District, composed of judges Luis Rafael Dilon\u00e9, Rosa Molina, and Ana Mar\u00eda Jim\u00e9nez.\n\nThe court ordered that Yaniris Mart\u00ednez Cordero serve the sentence at the Rafey Women’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center, in Santiago, while Nichalson Nina must serve the sentence imposed at the La Isleta penitentiary center, in Moca.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 A court in Espaillat province sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison after finding her guilty of causing the death of her three-year-old stepdaughter, whom she constantly subjected to physical, emotional, and verbal abuse, the Public Ministry reported. The sentence was imposed against Yaniris Mart\u00ednez Cordero, after the accusing body demonstrated before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27RA","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506886","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\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}