A man who allegedly beat his 2-year-old daughter to death, then hid
her body in an attic before fleeing to Mexico in 2007 is now in the Gwinnett County jail.
Mr. Christian Vasquez
was booked into the jail Thursday night, about six months after Mexican
officials arrested the fugitive in the town of Puebla, located in south
central Mexico, according to FBI-Atlanta.
Investigators said Mr. Vasquez struck his daughter, Prisi, with an
object, fracturing her skull in January or February 2007 at his family’s
home at 729 Stillwater Lane.
Mr. Vasquez allegedly hid the child’s body in the attic, and that
night fled with his then-20-year-old wife and her child from a previous
marriage to Mexico.
The body lay wrapped in plastic in the attic for about 16 months,
while unrelated occupants lived in the apartment beneath, police said.
Police didn’t find out about the body until June 2008 when the child’s mother, Ms. Amy Ruiz, called her parents in Gwinnett County.
"In 2008, the parents of the victim's mother contacted police and
told them that Christian had killed the daughter and hidden her body in
the attic," Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith has said. "Detectives went to the location and discovered the body.”
The following month, Prisi Vasquez was buried in an infant grave at
White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Duluth, alongside her great-uncle,
according to a media report.
Officers issued a warrant for Mr. Vasquez’ arrest and in August, he
was indicted on murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to
children, the Gwinnett County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Sean Smith has said.
Investigators also secured federal UFAP — Unlawful Flight to Avoid
Prosecution — warrants for Mr. Vasquez. They partnered with the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office,
the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice to obtain a provisional arrest
warrant for Mr. Vasquez in Mexico in 2010, Lt. Smith said.
Mr. Vasquez, who was caught in July by Mexican officials, remained in
the Gwinnett County jail without bond, according to booking records.
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