A Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detective arrested Idali Genoveva Ortiz-Munoz, 21 and Christian De La Torre, 23 for alleged child abuse and alleged failure to report child abuse or child neglect to law enforcement or Child Protective Services.
The investigation began on Dec. 25, after El Paso Children’s Hospital personnel referred the case to DASO, suspecting child abuse.
A detective assigned to the case later learned Ortiz-Munoz and De La Torre are suspected of causing their two-month-old infant’s fractures to the right collarbone, the left arm bone and ribs.
According to court documents, De La Torre is accused of allegedly grabbing the infant tightly around the ribs and shaking her, while Ortiz-Munoz is accused of allegedly fracturing the infant’s arm.
Ortiz-Munoz and De La Torre, of the 800 block of Hettinga Drive, in Anthony were arrested on Dec. 27, charged with abuse of a child and failing to report child abuse. They were booked at the Doña Ana County Detention Center and being held without bond.
Information from Doña Ana County