Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nIn an arrest warrant, police made a circumstantial case against Alejandro Leon Jr. and Samantha Angelina Feliz. They said the body of their still-missing baby girl, identified as \u201cAngelina,\u201d has still not yet been found, but signs \u2015 including DNA blood evidence \u2015 point to her death.<\/p>\n
Police in Rockingham, North Carolina took Leon, 21, and Feliz, 20, into custody on Wednesday. They\u2019re set to face multiple charges, including manslaughter, upon their return to South Florida.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the investigation began after a relative contacted the Hollywood Police Department in July 2025 to report that he hadn\u2019t seen the child since that February and said the couple made unsettling statements that Angelina \u201cwas part of a scam and denied ever having a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
A relative who met with Feliz at a Hollywood park in March 2025 told investigators that after asking Feliz about Angelina, she replied, \u201cWhat baby? There is no baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSince that time, Feliz has claimed that there never was a baby, that the baby was a hoax and that she was scamming everyone for money,\u201d the HPD arrest warrant states.<\/p>\n
But police said the couple referenced the girl in prior text messages and had had taken photos of Feliz visibly pregnant. Additionally, police said they took photos and videos with Angelina after her birth, which was believed to have been at home with no birth certificate issued.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the last photo of Angelina was taken on Jan. 5, 2025. The baby looked \u201cvisibly ill and malnourished.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this final photo, the victim is showing no signs of life,\u201d police said of the image.<\/p>\n
At one point, officers with the Lantana Police Department in Palm Beach County located and interviewed the couple and both maintained that \u201cFeliz was never pregnant and had never given birth to a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey further claimed that the story was fabricated in hopes that their families would feel sorry for them and give them money,\u201d HPD Detective Nancie Toler wrote. \u201cDuring the interview, Feliz indicated that there were numerous text messages between her, Leon, and family members discussing the pregnancy and how she made the story up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said Feliz claimed to have been \u201cwearing a pregnant belly cast making her look pregnant\u201d as part of the claimed \u201cscam.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMoreover, during said interviews both Feliz and Leon advised that law enforcement would never find a \u2018record\u2019 of any baby,\u201d Toler wrote. \u201cFeliz further eluded (sic) to the fact that the (baby) had belonged to a crack addict and they were only watching (her).\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities said a search of a storage unit in Hollywood \u2015 where the couple is believed to have been living at one point \u2015 revealed \u201cbaby clothing, a positive Clearblue Easy pregnancy test, black semi auto handgun, what appears to be a blood-stained towel, three notebooks containing verbiage of a gender reveal and victim shower, and multiple electronic devices.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crime lab results \u201cindicated the presence of blood on the baby clothing and towels\u201d and DNA testing showed it \u201cwas from a biological child of Leon and Feliz,\u201d the warrant states.<\/p>\n
In the warrant, Toler wrote that since the initial report, law enforcement has tried and failed to contact Feliz and Leon. <\/p>\n
\u201cMoreover, during the course of this investigation, law enforcement has attempted to locate the victim\u2019s remains utilizing cadaver dogs at Leon and Feliz\u2019s prior residences however, each search yielded negative results,\u201d the detective wrote.<\/p>\n
Toler laid out her case for charges as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cBased upon the results of my initial investigation, including but not limited to, police reports, requests for welfare\/missing persons checks, statements obtained, follow-up interviews, positive paternal and maternal DNA results, video\u2019s and photographs depicting the victim in a healthy condition and the victim\u2019s subsequent and apparent decline, and the final photographs of the victim depicting her without any signs of life coupled with the lack of human remains, there is probable cause to believe that victim \u2018Angelina\u2019 is a victim of Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child, contrary to F.S. 782.07(3). Moreover, based upon Feliz and Leon\u2019s sworn recorded statements and the extensive evidence of A.F.\u2019s birth and daily living obtained via numerous search warrants during the course of this long term investigation, there is probable cause to believe that Samantha Angelina Feliz failed to report A.F.\u2019s death to the Medical Examiner\u2019s Office, tampered with physical evidence, and provided false information to law enforcement in an effort to conceal the commission of a crime and\/or prevent law enforcements efforts to locate A.F., contrary to Florida Statutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
HPD Detective Nancie Toler\n <\/p>\n
After authorities issued an arrest warrant, the couple is set to face charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, failure to report a death to the medical examiner\u2019s office, false information concerning a missing child, and false reports to law enforcement during an investigation.<\/p>\n
Police are asking anyone with information on the case to contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.<\/p>\n
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