Toddler allegedly told babysitter ‘Mama cut Papa’ days before her mother was charged with murder

ORLANDO, Fla. (Gray News) - A Florida mother is accused of killing her boyfriend and disposing of his body near a dumpster. In the days before her arrest, her 3-year-old daughter reportedly told her babysitter, “Mama cut Papa.”

Orlando Police say 36-year-old Isidra Bautista Hernandez is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, 32-year-old Eugenio Martinez.

A criminal complaint states two maintenance workers at the Pacifico Apartments in Orlando found a heavy black trash bag covered with flies in the complex’s dumpster last Monday morning. Inside the bag was a human arm, according to WESH.

Martinez’s body was later found “tied with an orange extension cord and wrapped in three black trash bags and a dark blue laundry bag,” the complaint said.

Police found several bloodied items in a nearby trash compactor, The Orlando Sentinel reports. Among them was a piece of mail whose address led officers to Hernandez and Martinez’s apartment, where they served a search warrant.

Investigators found what looked like blood throughout the apartment and signs of recent cleaning, according to the Sentinel.

While serving the warrant, officers were approached by a woman who babysits Hernandez’s 3-year-old daughter. She told police the little girl began crying last Monday and said, “Mama cut Papa.” The toddler also mentioned “blood” and “trash” to the babysitter and made hand gestures mimicking a slicing motion, the Sentinel reports.

Police say Hernandez changed her story multiple times during questioning but eventually admitted she and Martinez had gotten into a fight last Saturday. At that time, Martinez had allegedly choked Hernandez while holding a knife. Hernandez told police she managed to take the knife away from her boyfriend and then made a slashing motion across one detective’s neck, according to the Sentinel.

She also allegedly admitted to disposing of Martinez’s body.