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Thursday marks one year since the body of 11-year-old Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia was found behind an abandoned building in New Britain. Her death raised serious questions about the Connecticut Department of Children and Families’ involvement with her family and led to changes at the state level.
Investigators believe Mimi was killed in Farmington in 2024, about a year before her remains were discovered in New Britain on Oct. 8, 2025.
DCF later revealed that it had been involved with Mimi’s family for more than a decade.
Among those interactions was a video call in January 2025 with a 22-year-old woman whom Mimi’s mother, Karla Garcia, allegedly presented to DCF as her daughter. However, the medical examiner believes Mimi had already been dead for months at the time of the call.
This summer, Gov. Ned Lamont signed a sweeping DCF reform bill into law to increase transparency, accountability, and support within the agency.
The law includes measures to improve staffing, establish an oversight committee, and strengthen requirements for child abuse investigations. It also adds requirements for cases involving children who are out of town for two weeks.
Mimi’s mother, Karla Garcia; her mother’s boyfriend, Jonatan Nanita; and Mimi’s aunt, Jackelyn Garcia, have all been charged in connection with the case.
Last month, attorneys for Karla Garcia sought to move her case from Litchfield to Hartford, arguing that the capital city would provide a more representative jury pool. A judge did not make a decision on the request at that time.
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