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Child Rapist and Killer Attacked In His
First Minutes In Jail
José Ricardo Miranda Rojas did not have a
good day yesterday. Miranda Rojas, who is
accused of raping and killing three year old
Katherine Anielka Gaitán Chavarría, was
severely attacked by inmates of the San
Sebastián prison shortly after arriving in
the San José jail following his court
appearance.
Miranda Rojas has to be moved to the maximum
security section of the La Reforma prison,
in San Rafael de Alajuela, for his own
safety.
San Sebastián jail officials told the press
that when the man arrived at "San Sebas"
(the popular name for the jail), we was met
with punches and attempts to kill him,
rescued from the jail guards.
The Juzgado Penal de San Carlos placed
Miranda Rojas under three month preventive
detention after being detained by police on
Tuesday. The man is charged with murder and
rape of the little girl who was kidnapped
from her parent's home on Sunday and found,
face down and partially naked, in the creek
some 500 metres from the family's home in
Río Cuarto de Grecia.
Miranda Rojas has a criminal history, being
released from prison only a year a go for
setting fire to his parent's home in Limón,
as well as a record of rape against a maid
working in his sister's home.
Francisco Segura, sub-director of the
Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
said they have their man but have to wait
for the final analysis of the evidence to
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