Mother extradited, faces manslaughter charge

Samantha Angelina Feliz was extradited to Broward County on August 3 and booked into the Broward Main Jail on charges including aggravated manslaughter of a child, according to jail records and local reports. The 20-year-old is accused, along with Alejandro Leon Jr., of causing the death of their infant daughter through neglect and then misleading relatives and investigators about whether the child existed. The infant, referred to by investigators and local media as Baby Angelina, was born in late 2024 and has not been found, authorities have said. Leon, 21, was returned to Broward earlier and is also being held without bond, according to local reports. ### When was Feliz brought back to Broward, and what charges does she face? Broward jail records cited by NBC Miami and Local 10 show Feliz was booked on Sunday, August 3, on aggravated manslaughter of a child, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, failure to report a death to the medical examiner, reporting false information concerning a missing child, and obstructing a criminal investigation by giving false information to law enforcement. (local10.com) Local 10 reported she had been extradited from North Carolina after her arrest there last month. North Carolina authorities arrested Feliz and Leon on July 22 in Rockingham on Broward County warrants, according to CBS Miami and other local reports. Hollywood police announced the arrests on July 23 after what investigators described as a long-running missing-child case shifted into a presumed-death prosecution. (local10.com) ### How did the case begin? Hollywood police opened the case after a family member reported in July 2025 that he had not seen the baby for months, according to NBC Miami and other local reports. A missing child alert identified the infant as Angelina and said she may have been with her parents, Samantha Feliz and Alejandro Leon Jr. (cbsnews.com) The baby was born in early December 2024, and investigators later said she had not been seen alive since February 2025. Local reports said the family had at first been told the pregnancy or the baby was a hoax, a claim investigators later said was contradicted by evidence gathered during the case. ### What do investigators say happened to Baby Angelina? (nbcmiami.com) An arrest warrant described by Local 10 said police built a circumstantial case that the child died after being neglected by her parents and that her body was never recovered. The same report said investigators cited DNA blood evidence and other items collected during the investigation. (yahoo.com) CBS12 reported that detectives searched a storage unit used by the couple after they were evicted from a Hollywood residence in February 2025. According to that report, investigators found baby clothes, diapers, a blood-stained towel, notebooks referring to a gender reveal and baby shower, and other items that prosecutors may use to establish that the child was born and lived with the couple for a period of time. (local10.com) ### What has happened with the father’s case? Alejandro Leon Jr. was extradited to Broward before Feliz and appeared in court in late July, according to Local 10. A judge reset one of his hearings after his lawyer asked for more time to review the evidence, the station reported. (cbs12.com) Yahoo and other local reports said Leon was later ordered held without bond on the aggravated manslaughter charge. NBC Miami reported this week that both Leon and Feliz are now being held at the Broward Main Jail without bond. ### What are prosecutors expected to do next? Broward prosecutors are expected to present a detailed timeline of the baby’s disappearance and the parents’ alleged failure to report her death as the case moves forward in county court, according to Prism News and other local coverage. (local10.com) In a presumed-death case, Prism reported, the timeline will be central to showing what happened after Baby Angelina was last seen alive and what role each parent allegedly played. (yahoo.com) Broward court proceedings are the next public step for both defendants, with prosecutors expected to continue laying out evidence gathered by Hollywood police and other agencies during the investigation. As of this week, the child’s body had still not been found, according to multiple local reports. (nbcmiami.com) (prismnews.com)