Court documents reveal identity of baby believed murdered in Toronto fire

Kathrynn Quita-Batugal’s erstwhile classmate says her sadness has turned to daze aft learning the 19-year-old parent had been charged with the second-degree execution of her ain baby.

Quita-Batugal was accused of deliberately mounting a occurrence astatine the detached location wherever she lived with her child, her parent and different relatives.

“I utilized to spell to simple schoolhouse with her. I ever knew her arsenic being a bully girl. Hearing this quality truly devastated maine and for a mates of days I’ve conscionable felt truly bittersweet and upset,” Elizabeth Parisi told Global News.

Court documents place the babe who was allegedly murdered arsenic Aurora Quita.

Toronto constabulary accidental they responded to a occurrence telephone connected Oct. 25 astatine 1:06 a.m. astatine a residence connected Trethewey Drive adjacent Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue. Six occupants were location astatine the time, including a 19-year-old pistillate and her four-month-old daughter.

The babe was rushed to infirmary with nary captious signs and was pronounced dead, portion the pistillate was besides rushed to infirmary with superior injuries.

On Thursday, constabulary announced Quita-Batugal had been charged with second-degree murder, arson and disregard for quality life. She appeared successful tribunal remotely connected Tuesday.

Court documents bespeak the charges were laid connected Monday, conscionable 3 days aft the deadly occurrence astatine the location connected Tretheway Drive.

Parisi said the accused grew up successful the location with her 2 siblings and her mother.

Another neighbour said she believes Quita-Batugal’s uncle besides lived successful the location but said the baby’s begetter did not unrecorded there. She has known Quita-Batugal for years and saw her with the babe successful the past fewer months, but ne'er saw her pregnant.

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“I didn’t spot her for a agelong time. I utilized to spot her each the clip walking up and down Keele Street but erstwhile she got pregnant, (she) was not seen astatine all,” said the neighbour, who Global News agreed not to identify.

Parisi said she had not talked to Quita-Batugal precocious but often saw her walking down Trethewey Drive with a stroller.

“It seemed a small spot hard for her but astatine the aforesaid time, I thought she was a bully mother,” Parisi added. Parisi said the begetter went to simple schoolhouse with them some but attended a antithetic precocious school.

“We request much enactment retired present for mothers, particularly young mothers. Postpartum (depression) is simply a precise hard happening to woody with,” said Parisi.

Quita-Batugal remains successful custody and is scheduled to beryllium backmost successful tribunal connected Nov. 15.