Prisma Ortiz Ruiz 4mths, Msg 08/2006, Garland TX [BOTH PARENTS CHARGED]

[sarahhod]

Garland parents charged in baby's 2006 disappearance, probable death


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-garmissing_07met.ART.State.Edition1.4a73195.html

12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, January 7, 2009

By RICHARD ABSHIRE / The Dallas Morning News
rabshire@dallasnews.com The Associated Press contributed to this report.



Four-month-old Prisma Ortiz Ruiz disappeared more than two years ago but wasn't reported missing to Garland police until last August, authorities say.

Now she's presumed dead, and her father is wanted on a capital murder charge.

A tip about the baby's fate led authorities to Joe Pool Lake, but air and ground searches failed to locate any remains, Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said Tuesday.

Harn said forensics experts told investigators that, given the infant's size and how long she's been missing, "it would be common to find little or no remains."

Police suspect Selvin Alfredo Ortiz, 28, killed Prisma and fled to El Salvador. The girl's mother, 30-year-old Sonia Calderon Ruiz, is accused of helping him dump the body.

She is charged with tampering with evidence and was being held in the Dallas County Jail on $65,000 bail.

Sonia Ruiz has at least five other children, ages 3 to 11, and was under investigation for neglectful supervision in 2006, said Marissa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for Child Protective Services. CPS took her other children into custody that year and was later awarded permanent conservatorship.

Gonzales said agency records didn't name Selvin Ortiz or any other man as the children's father.

Family and friends have not seen Prisma since August 2006, but no one reported her missing until last August, Harn said. Police have verified her birth on April 27, 2006, at Baylor Hospital of Garland.

Family members could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

In a similar case, authorities in Kansas say the parents who failed to report their 11-year-old adopted son missing nearly a decade ago are "people of interest" in the case.

Investigators only recently learned Adam Herrman was missing and are focused on finding him, Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy said. Adam was 11 when he disappeared in 1999 from a mobile home park in Towanda, where he lived.

Authorities would not say whether they believed Adam, who would now be 21, is alive.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Roamer]

These stories are so disturbing. One kills the child and the other covers it up. They should both be punished to the max.

[sarahhod]

Baby Reported Missing 2 Years after Parents Allegedly Kill Her

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Last Edited: Tuesday, 06 Jan 2009, 5:19 PM CST
Created: Tuesday, 06 Jan 2009, 5:13 PM CST
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Garland police said someone finally reported a baby girl's disappearance two years after her parents allegedly dumped her lifeless body near Joe Pool Lake.

Police received a tip about 4-month-old Prisma Ortizruiz's death in August. A caller said the baby was last seen two years earlier.

Investigators determined her parents, 28-year-old Selvin Alfredo Ortiz and 30-year-old Sonia Ruiz, are responsible.

Ortiz allegedly killed the baby sometime in August 2006 inside an apartment in the 1400 block of Forest Lane. The couple then dumped their daughter's body near Joe Pool Lake, police said.

Police have not been able to find evidence of the baby's remains in the area around the lake. But, forensic experts said it is not uncommon for there to be little or no remains because of the victim's age and the legnth of time missing, a release states.

Ortiz, who is believed to be currently living in El Salvador, was charged with capital murder. Ruiz was charged for tampering with evidence.

Police are not yet releasing details about how they suspect the baby was killed.

[sarahhod]

Garland parents charged in infant girl's death

http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/1126885.html

BY KATE GORMAN
kgorman@star-telegram.com




A mother is in jail and a father is on the run after both were charged in the death of their infant daughter, who disappeared two years ago, police said.

Selvin Alfredo Ortiz, 28, is accused of capital murder, and Sonia Calderon Ruiz, 30, is accused of tampering with evidence, said officer Joe Harn, a Garland police spokesman. Ruiz was arrested in West Texas and was being held Tuesday in the Dallas County Jail, Harn said. Police believe Ortiz fled to El Salvador after charges were filed Dec. 31, Harn said.

"We've not had any contact with him," Harn said.

The couple’s daughter, Prisma Ortizruiz, was last seen by family and friends more than two years ago, when she was four months old, Harn said.

The pair don’t have family in the North Texas area, and it is unclear why police weren’t contacted earlier, Harn said.

Police believe Prisma was killed in August 2006 in an apartment in the 1400 block of Forest Lane and that her body was disposed of near Joe Pool Lake in Tarrant County, Harn said. Ruiz and Ortiz moved to West Texas some time later, Harn said.

After receiving a tip from West Texas, investigators searched unsuccessfully three times for the child's body near Joe Pool Lake. Forensics experts told police it would not be unusual for little or no remains to be found after two years, Harn said.

[Faith]

Capital Murder charge filed in infant's death (01/06/09)

Selvin Alfredo Ortiz, 28, murdered his four-month-old child, Prisma Ortizruiz, in August of 2006. Ortiz has since fled to El Salvador, said Joe Harn, spokesman for the Garland Police Department.



Garland police filed capital murder charges on 28-year-old Selvin Alfredo Ortiz for the murder of his approximately 4-month-old child, Prisma Ortizruiz.



Charges have also been filed against the mother of Prisma, Sonia Claderon Ruiz, 30, for tampering with evidence.



Police believe the murder of Prisma occurred sometime during August of 2006 inside an apartment located in the 1400 block of Forest Lane.



Garland police were not notified of the murder until Aug. 25, 2008.



Police verified the birth of Prisma Ortizruiz, April 27, 2006, through Baylor Hospital of Garland.



Prisma has not been seen since August of 2006 by family or friends. There was also no record of the child’s disappearance or death until police were contacted last August.



During the investigation police received information leading them to search for the body of Prisma in an area around Joe Pool Lake in Tarrant County.



The area was searched three times, twice by ground searches and once by an aerial search.



Forensic experts have told Garland police that because of Prisma’s age and length of time missing, two years, it would be common to find little or no remains.



Sonia Ruiz, the mother of Prisma, is currently in Dallas County Jail and has been indicted for tampering with evidence.



Garland police filed the capital murder charge on Dec. 31, 2008, on Selvin Alfredo Ortiz and have information that he has fled the country to El Salvador.

http://www.thegarlandnews.com/news.cfm?article=7864

[Nut44x4]

This has been translated from
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/index.php/el-salvador/departamentos/10673.html

Suspect killed daughter
La Policía de Garland, en Dallas, Texas, ha levantado cargos de asesinato en contra de Selvin Alfredo Ortiz por el desaparecimiento de su hija de seis meses en 2006, que se presume fallecida. Police in Garland, Dallas, Texas, has raised charges of murder against Selvin Alfredo Ortiz by the disappearance of their daughter six months in 2006, which is presumed dead. Ortiz luego huyó hacia El Salvador, según una publicación de ayer del diario The Dallas Morning News. Ortiz then fled to El Salvador, according to yesterday's publication of a newspaper The Dallas Morning News.

The newspaper states that the girl disappeared Prism Ruiz Ortiz from August 2006 but was only reported missing until August of last year, according to Garland police spokesman Joe Harn.

La niña nació el 27 de abril de 2006 en el Hospital Baylor, de Garland . The girl was born on April 27, 2006 at Baylor Hospital of Garland.

La madre de la menor y esposa del sospechoso, Sonia Ruiz, también ha sido acusada de asesinato por la Policía. The mother of the child and the suspect's wife, Sonia Ruiz, has also been accused of murder by the police.

Además, la acusan de falsificar pruebas. Moreover, accused of falsifying evidence.

Por ahora, Ruiz está detenida en la prisión del condado de Dallas , con una fianza de $65,000. For now, Ruiz was arrested at the Dallas County Jail, with bail of $ 65,000.

De acuerdo con The Dallas Morning News, en agosto del año pasado la Policía fue informada de que el cadáver de la niña se encontraba en las cercanía del lago Joe Pool. According to The Dallas Morning News, in August last year the police was informed that the corpse of the girl was in the vicinity of Lake Joe Pool.

No obstante, a pesar de la búsqueda en la zona, no se encontró nada. However, despite searching the area, we did not find anything.

Forenses informaron a la Policía de que será difícil encontrar restos, debido a la edad de la pequeña. Forensic told police that the remains will be difficult to find due to the age of the small.

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[AmyE]

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[gabby]

Capital Murder charge filed in infant's death (01/06/09)

Selvin Alfredo Ortiz, 28, murdered his four-month-old child, Prisma Ortizruiz, in August of 2006. Ortiz has since fled to El Salvador, said Joe Harn, spokesman for the Garland Police Department.



Garland police filed capital murder charges on 28-year-old Selvin Alfredo Ortiz for the murder of his approximately 4-month-old child, Prisma Ortizruiz.



Charges have also been filed against the mother of Prisma, Sonia Claderon Ruiz, 30, for tampering with evidence.



Police believe the murder of Prisma occurred sometime during August of 2006 inside an apartment located in the 1400 block of Forest Lane.



Garland police were not notified of the murder until Aug. 25, 2008.



Police verified the birth of Prisma Ortizruiz, April 27, 2006, through Baylor Hospital of Garland.



Prisma has not been seen since August of 2006 by family or friends. There was also no record of the child’s disappearance or death until police were contacted last August.



During the investigation police received information leading them to search for the body of Prisma in an area around Joe Pool Lake in Tarrant County.



The area was searched three times, twice by ground searches and once by an aerial search.



Forensic experts have told Garland police that because of Prisma’s age and length of time missing, two years, it would be common to find little or no remains.



Sonia Ruiz, the mother of Prisma, is currently in Dallas County Jail and has been indicted for tampering with evidence.



Garland police filed the capital murder charge on Dec. 31, 2008, on Selvin Alfredo Ortiz and have information that he has fled the country to El Salvador.

http://www.thegarlandnews.com/news.cfm?article=7864


Does anyone know if they ever located Selvin Alfredo Ortiz? When is/was the trial? I can't find any updates on if these two were convicted.
I hope Prisma receives justice. :1222423: