The Aibonito Court ordered a hearing in which it will be determined if the minor charged with the murder of Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario is fit to stand trial for the crime.

Judge Marielem Padilla Cotto indicated that the defense of Anthoneishka Aviles Cabrera filed a motion to have the 17-year-old evaluated through Rule 240 of Puerto Rico’s Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Aibonito District Attorney Ernesto Quesada confirmed that the evaluation took place on Tuesday morning.

However, when asked by the judge, Rocío Revelles, one of Avilés Cabrera’s attorneys, did not want to discuss the findings in court in order for a decision to be made because she needed to consult the results with the other defense attorney, Athelyn Jiménez Emmanuelli, who was absent.

“Some reports from Special Education arrived, which were evaluated by the defense,” Revelles said as she left the courtroom. “As a result of that report, the motion to prosecute was filed to see if she is understanding the process against her and if she can cooperate with the defense, and if she can make any decision in that regard. Tomorrow the expert will give his opinion on the matter.”

The matter will be discussed tomorrow, Wednesday, when the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s report on the measures to keep her in the Medical Correctional Center and not transfer her to a facility of the Administration of Juvenile Institutions in Ponce will also be addressed.

Tomorrow will also be discussed, before another judge, the defense request for exculpatory evidence presented by the defense of Avilés Cabrera, joining the original request presented by the defense of the other defendant, Elvia Cabrera Rivera.

However, the teenager’s defense saw in court on Tuesday how Judge Luis Navas de León denied the request for Cabrera Rivera’s effects.

The tragedy was reported last August 11, after two 16-year-old minors arrived at the Mennonite hospital in Aibonito with stab wounds.

The crime occurred at the Roberto Colón turnoff, intersection with PR-14, near the town center and minutes from the Aibonito police station, according to police.

The call alerted two young men, a female and a male, who arrived at the facility. Shortly thereafter, Pratts Rosario died.

According to the investigation, the two minors were at a summer closing activity sponsored by the municipality and, at the end, walked to the aforementioned place where there was a group of people.

An argument ensued between the sister of the deceased and a person at the scene. During the altercation, Pratts Rosario’s sister, also a minor, was assaulted, so the victim interceded. It was at that moment when she received eight stab wounds in different parts of her body.

For these acts, the two defendants face charges of first-degree murder and violation of the Weapons Act. Bail was set at $1 million each, but they did not post bail and were remanded to a correctional institution.