{"id":361419,"date":"2026-08-03T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361419\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:18:08","slug":"woman-accused-of-killing-baby-through-neglect-extradited-to-broward-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361419\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman accused of killing baby through neglect extradited to Broward County"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 A 20-year-old woman who is accused, along with her partner, of killing their baby through neglect and then claiming the little girl was a \u201choax\u201d who never existed<\/a>, has been extradited to Broward County.<\/p>\n

Online jail records show that Samantha Angelina Feliz was booked into the Broward County Main Jail Sunday on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, failing to report a death, reporting false information concerning a missing child and obstructing a criminal investigation by providing false information to law enforcement about a missing person.<\/p>\n

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In an arrest warrant, police made a circumstantial case against Feliz and Alejandro Leon Jr. 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 into custody on July 22. <\/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 stated.<\/p>\n

But police said the couple referenced the girl in prior text messages and 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 the warrant stated. <\/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 the warrant stated.<\/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 stated.<\/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

Leon was extradited to Broward County on July 26 <\/a>and, as of Monday, is being held at the Broward County Main Jail without bond.<\/p>\n

Feliz is expected to appear in Broward County bond court sometime on Monday.<\/p>\n

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