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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Woman admits she impersonated dead 11-year-old on Zoom call with social services as girl’s mom is accused of murder

Zoom Murder DCF James Mckeown left Victor Torres Police Police Department
Karla Garcia (left), who faces murder charges in the death of her daughter Mimi (right), allegedly asked 22-year-old Jacklyn Goulet to pretend to be the child during a Zoom call with DCF, months after the 11-year-old had died - (New Britain Police Department)

A 22-year-old woman admitted that she posed as Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia during a Zoom call with social services months after the 11-year-old had already died – a charade the child’s mother allegedly orchestrated to hide her death, according to testimony revealed in court Wednesday.

Jacklyn Goulet testified in a Connecticut courtroom that she was asked to pretend to be Mimi during a January 2025 video call with the Department of Children and Families because the girl’s mother Karla Garcia feared losing custody of her children if the call did not take place, Greenwhich Time reported.

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