Darvin Flores Caballeros, a Virginia man, has been arrested in Florida. The man allegedly abandoned his newborn, who was then found by a good Samaritan. Caballeros then fled to Florida, hundreds of miles away from where the incident took place.
Police still have a lot of questions about what led to the incident. Investigators are working to piece together everything that happened, especially because the man then fled so far away. Details are still emerging.
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Florida’s Walton County Sheriff’s Office reported that 20-year-old Darvin Flores Caballeros was arrested in Santa Rosa, Florida, on February 20, 2025, according to a news release. The man was wanted in Fairfax County, Virginia, for abandoning a 13-day-old newborn in the snow. He also brutally attacked the child’s mother, the release states.
“An investigation found Caballeros assaulted and strangled the victim and the victim’s 13-day-old infant was dropped during the fight,” the release states. Caballeros then allegedly fled the scene on foot with the baby before police arrived.
FUGITIVE OUT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA ARRESTED IN WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA
— Walton Co. Sheriff (@WCSOFL) February 21, 2025
WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A fugitive wanted out of Fairfax County, Virginia for a brutal attack on his child’s mother and abandoning an infant in the snow is arrested in Walton County, Florida.
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The newborn was found by a good Samaritan. Investigators didn’t report how long the infant was in the snow before it was found. The WCSO report states that the child belongs to Caballeros, but does not indicate what kind of relationship the man had with the mother. After the attack, which happened on February 12, the mother was taken to the hospital with “serious injuries.”
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Caballeros then fled to Santa Rosa Beach, which is in the Florida panhandle, Fox News 13 reported. WCSO deputies arrested him during a felony traffic stop. He was the passenger.
He will be extradited back to Virginia following his arrest. Caballeros has been charged with malicious wounding, strangulation, two counts of child endangerment, assault and battery on a family member, petit larceny, and violating an emergency protective order.
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