[4] On March 7, 2016, the Puerto Rico Department of Justice announced that first degree murder charges would be filed against Luis Gustavo Rivera Seijo "El Manco" for the child's death.
The case gained widespread notoriety throughout the island when the gossip-news show SuperXclusivo began to closely follow it and conduct independent investigations.
[13] The Secretary of Justice at the time, Antonio Sagardía, resigned his post towards the end of 2009 to represent Ana Cacho as her lawyer, seen as an unethical move[14] and expressed that she was a victim of the media.
[15] On March 8, 2016, Judge Jessica Morales, determined probable cause for arrest for murder against Rivera Seijo for the death of Lorenzo González Cacho.
[16] On April 28, 2016, another judge explained the confession was full of errors and that there was lack of forensic evidence to confirm that Rivera Seijo was present at the González Cacho residence at the time of the murder.