The judge announced the ruling on Friday in Miami-Dade court. Correctional officers were holding Barahona, 56, at the Metrowest Detention Center without bond.
Police officers found Nubia dead on 2011 Valentine’s Day — wrapped in plastic and soaked in chemicals in the back of Barahona’s truck. Nubia’s twin brother Victor survived the torture.
Prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm and torture, and seven counts of child neglect.
Barahona was first booked on March 23, 2011. Five inmates were accused of covering up security cameras and attacking him on March 1, 2021, to punish him for the crime.
Barahona’s wife, Carmen Barahona, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges. A judge sentenced her to serve life in prison.
A judge decided Jorge Barahona — whom detectives accused of killing his 10-year-old adoptive daughter in Miami-Dade County — is incompetent to stand trial.
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