Medical Examiner Report Reveals New Details About 11-Year-Old Girl’s Death

By Rob Polansky and Sam Smink, of WFSB 3 TV

NEW BRITAIN, CT — An autopsy report is revealing more details about the death of 11-year-old Jacqueline Torres-Garcia, whose remains were discovered outside of an abandoned home in New Britain in Oct. 2025.

Karla Garcia, the girl’s mother, and Jonatan Nanita, the mother’s ex-boyfriend, have been charged with her murder. Jackelyn Garcia, the girl’s aunt, has also been charged in the prolonged abuse of Jacqueline.

The Medical Examiner had previously reported Jacqueline’s cause of death as “fatal child abuse with starvation” declaring her death a “homicide through maltreatment and neglect.” Karla Garcia told investigators Jacqueline was starved for two weeks leading up to her death, in Sept. 2024, according to records.

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In their autopsy report, obtained by Channel 3 through a probate case involving Jacqueline, the Medical Examiner says Jacqueline had amphetamines in her system at the time of her death — drugs she was never prescribed, according to the medical examiner’s findings. Amphetamines are found in some prescription medications as well as illicit drugs. The medical examiner also noted the presence of an antihistamine.

The reports notes there was a single blueberry in the child’s stomach, and that Jacqueline weighed 27 pounds with decomposition, mentioning a near absence of fat under her skin. The Medical Examiner was able to identify Jacqueline through X-rays from her previous health provider.

According to the Medical Examiner, her body was found wrapped in multiple layers of cloth and plastic inside of a 40-gallon plastic container. There was a strong odor of ammonia, which police said the family used to cover up the smell of Jacqueline’s body. Jonatan Nanita told police Jacqueline’s body was kept in the container in the basement of their Farmington home for months after her death.

During one of her first interviews with police, Karla Garcia claimed Nanita had pushed Jacqueline down the stairs leading to her death, before later admitting to starving Jacqueline, according to court documents. The Medical Examiner noted there were no discernible external injuries. Full-body X-rays showed no recent or healing fractures.

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