The boyfriend of a Massachusetts mother charged with murdering 2-year-old Bella Bond — also known as “Baby Doe” — believed the toddler was either possessed by demons or was a demon and that “it was her time to die,” a prosecutor said at his arraignment on Monday.Michael McCarthy, charged with murdering Bella, was held without bail. The toddler’s mother, Rachelle Bond, was charged as an accessory after the fact and was held on $1 million cash bail.
Bella was found dead in a trash bag on Boston Harbor’s Deer Island on June 25. Unable to identify her for months, authorities called her “Baby Doe” while her composite image was shared by tens of thousands of people online in an attempt to find out who she was.
Friday’s arrest and identification of Bella came 24 hours after Boston homicide detectives received a tip.
During Monday’s arraignment, Assistant District Attorney David Deakin revealed details of how the alleged murder came to light and the shocking alleged treatment of Bella by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, who he said was in a cult obsessed with demons and ghosts.
Besides the fact that this beautiful child is dead, it appears that this travesty could have been prevented, as the only "demons" present are the scumbags sitting behind bars.
The case highlighted problems at DCF because the agency twice received reports of neglect involving Bella and closed both cases. The agency said it determined neglect was involved in the first one, in 2012, but it still shut the case. There were no details about the second one, which happened the following year.Prosecutor: Mom's Boyfriend Killed "Baby Doe" Because He Believed She Was A Demon - BuzzFeed News
Child welfare authorities had also terminated the mother’s parental rights over two other children by the time the agency investigated Bella’s case, but DCF policy reportedly would not allow that to have any bearing on the investigation of Bella.
“Systemic policy reforms are necessary to support the efforts of our social workers, supervisors and managers who are on the front lines protecting the Commonwealth’s children,” Baker said in a statement.
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Bella’s case is not the first in which DCF policies have come under review.
In 2013, two DCF employees were fired after failing to conduct in-person monthly checks on the family of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver, who was missing for five months before police were notified of his disappearance.
Jeremiah’s body was found on the side of a highway the following year.
In July, 7-year-old Jack Loiselle was taken to a hospital in a coma with signs of dehydration, starvation and bleach burns after his father called 911 to say he was unresponsive, CNN affiliate WCVB reported.
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