GA - Sayra Barros, 8, suspicious death, Bethlehem, Gwinnett Co., 30 Jan 2024

[imstilla.grandma]

Police told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson that the child was home with an adult woman when she had a medical emergency around 2:16 p.m.

The woman called the girl’s father who came home to find her unresponsive and began doing CPR.

When police and paramedics arrived, she was pronounced dead on the scene.

Responding officers determined that the girl’s death may not have been natural and called homicide investigators to the home to determine what happened.

Police investigating ‘suspicious death’ of 8-year-old girl in Gwinnett County, police say

Police say they initially received a "medical call" related to a young child, but later determined the child's death was "suspicious."

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Death of 8-year-old girl deemed 'suspicious'

Police found the body of an 8-year-old child at a home in Bethlehem, Georgia. Despite her parents telling officials the child suffered a medical emergency, they said they found the nature of the death to be "suspicious."

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[tlcya]

BETHLEHEM, Ga. - A Gwinnett County woman is facing charges including felony murder and child cruelty in the death of her 8-year-old stepdaughter.
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On Wednesday morning, officials charged the girl's stepmother, identified as 34-year-old Natiela Barros, with first-degree cruelty to children, aggravated assault, felony murder, and malice murder. Barros will remain in jail at this time.
Stepmother charged with murder of 8-year-old Gwinnett County girl

According to a Gwinnett County Police Department release, 34-year-old Natiela Barros is facing malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and first degree child cruelty charges in the case.
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"Details surrounding the criminal investigation are confidential," in accordance with Georgia law concerning child abuse cases, Gwinnett Police said.
Stepmother charged with murder in death of 8-year-old girl in Gwinnett County, police say

Welp, arrest didn't take long on this one.

 

[Leilei]

A rolling pin... what on earth is going on in my state?? These poor little ones.

Stepmother arrested on murder charges after 8-year-old Gwinnett girl beaten to death

A 34-year-old woman is now facing murder charges after an eight-year-old girl died in Gwinnett County.

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[tlcya]

Barros appeared before a judge on Wednesday morning, where she was denied bond for being a danger to a person or community.
Stepmother arrested on murder charges after 8-year-old Gwinnett girl beaten to death

Jesus Wept

 

[Leilei]

Father arrested now - murder and cruelty to children.

Father arrested after wife accused of beating 8-year-old daughter to death in Gwinnett County

Arrest warrants say Natiela Barros beat her stepdaughter to death with a rolling pin on Tuesday afternoon.

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[imstilla.grandma]

Gwinnett County Jail records show an arrest Wednesday night for Cledir Mendes Barros. He's listed as a resident of the same house where Sayra Barros was found on Tuesday.

Barros has been charged with cruelty to a child in the second degree and murder in the second degree. Both are felonies.

According to her arrest warrant, Natiela beat 8-year-old Sayra Barros to death "with a wooden rolling pen 10 to 20 times, refusing to get her medical care afterwards."

'You're a danger': Stepmom accused of beating 8-year-old with rolling pin prior to death

A second person has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the “suspicious” death of an 8-year-old girl from Bethlehem.

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[ms_x_to_the_m]

Ugh what is happening with our children. I don't know anyone else, but if my significant other called me in regards to my child and I get there and I find that they did something to them, I would solve their problem with breathing right there and then. No one will put a hand on my child, end of story.
I am sorry Sayra, you deserved so much better.

 

[tlcya]

With bond denied, the judge told Natiela this: "You’re going to be here for a while."
Father, stepmom charged with murder in 8-year-old girl's beating death denied bond

awaiting more info on what specifically caused the father to be caused. Was abuse a regular in the home and he knew? reports are that he was at work when he got a call to go home after wife beat daughter. LE must have something indicating he knew or should have known his daughter was in grave danger with her mother.

 

[tlcya]

One resident who did not want to be identified said she believes the family has four children.
Couple charged with murdering daughter, 8, who was beaten up to 20 times with a rolling pin

I hope Sayra's siblings are in loving supporting care and I hope they didn't witness sissy's fatal beating.

 

[vls12345]

With bond denied, the judge told Natiela this: "You’re going to be here for a while."
Father, stepmom charged with murder in 8-year-old girl's beating death denied bond

awaiting more info on what specifically caused the father to be caused. Was abuse a regular in the home and he knew? reports are that he was at work when he got a call to go home after wife beat daughter. LE must have something indicating he knew or should have known his daughter was in grave danger with her mother.

"Channel 2 Action News obtained the arrest warrant for Clay Barros on Thursday. It accuses him of knowing about the abuse but kept leaving his daughter unsupervised with her stepmother."

Warrant: Gwinnett father knew about wife’s abuse of 8-year-old before child’s death

A Gwinnett County father charged in the death of his 8-year-old daughter appeared in court for the first time.

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[imstilla.grandma]

Cledir was also charged with felony second-degree murder and felony second-degree child cruelty.

His arrest warrant stated that he “was aware the child was abused and continued to leave them unsupervised with the abuser. When made aware the child was having a medical emergency, [he] did not seek medical care. The child died as a result of this negligence.”

He stood before a Gwinnett County judge on Thursday morning and was denied bond.

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[vls12345]

DA alleges stepmother beat 8-year-old girl to death with rolling pin for playing with breakfast instead of doing schoolwork

The indictment by a grand jury was announced Friday.

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[imstilla.grandma]

"When the stepmother discovered that Sayra was not on task, she went to the kitchen to retrieve a wooden rolling pin. Natiela Barros returned and began striking the child near the back of neck between 10 and 20 times. She stopped once she believed she had gone too far. Sayra said she felt ill, and eventually lost consciousness," the DA's release said.

The DA also alleges Natiela called Cledir, the girl's father, at work and he "told his wife to pray" and then he came home.

"She then called a friend and a priest," the release said. "When Cledir Barros arrived, he prayed over the unconscious child for between 10 and 20 minutes before calling 911 for emergency medical aid."

DA alleges stepmother beat 8-year-old girl to death with rolling pin for playing with breakfast instead of doing schoolwork

The indictment by a grand jury was announced Friday.

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[vls12345]

Judge declares mistrial for father of 8-year-old beaten to death with rolling pin

He is accused of not doing enough to prevent his daughter’s death.

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[borndem]

Ugh what is happening with our children. I don't know anyone else, but if my significant other called me in regards to my child and I get there and I find that they did something to them, I would solve their problem with breathing right there and then. No one will put a hand on my child, end of story.
I am sorry Sayra, you deserved so much better.

bbm
Yes, indeed, she deserved so much better. At least the one/ones who hurt or scared her will see what justice is, I hope.
Sayra is no longer in a place where she probably was often scared or hurting, or both. She is smiling and flying high now.

 

[borndem]

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A bit about Bethlehem, GA
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Bethlehem is a town in Barrow County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 715. The major employer in town is Harrison Poultry, which is the largest non-government employer in Barrow County. Wikipedia
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[vls12345]

Gwinnett father only referred to daughter as ‘the child’ before her death, DFCS worker testifies

A DFCS report says Cledir Barros referred to his daughter as a “demon” because she was born out of wedlock.

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“He never called her by her actual name,” Williams testified. “He referenced her as ‘the child.’”

She said that in the days following his daughter’s death, Cledir Barros showed very little emotion."

 

[Knox]

Cledir Barros mistrials: How many times can Gwinnett County dad accused of cruelty be tried?​

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - After two mistrials, the Gwinnett County District Attorney's office plans to try a father for a third time in connection to his eight-year-old daughter's death.

Cledir Barros faces a child cruelty charge in connection to the death of his eight-year-old daughter Sayra back in January. His wife Natiela, Sayra's step-mother, is accused of beating her to death with a rolling pin.

Prosecutors say Barros didn't do enough to protect his daughter, but the defense says he didn't know any abuse was happening in his home.

Two juries have failed to reach a unanimous verdict. The first deadlocked at 11 to 1 and the second at 7 to 6, causing the judges to declare a mistrial. Now, prosecutors plan to try again with a third trial.

Cledir Barros mistrials: How many times can Gwinnett County dad accused of cruelty be tried?

After two mistrials, the Gwinnett County District Attorney's office plans to try a father for a third time in connection to his eight-year-old daughter's death.

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[Knox]

I hope they continue to try Barros until a jury finds him guilty. I'm not giving him a pass, there was abuse going on in the home and he looked the other way. RED flags should have pelted his head when the monster he was married too pulled her out of school!! That was only in response to the school reporting of Sayra's injuries.

FGS, who disciplines a child with a rolling pin? I guarantee you that wasn't the first time, she just didn't stop. I'm SEETHING at his defense in being an OTR truck driver.

 

[vls12345]

New trial begins for Gwinnett father charged in daughter’s death after 2 mistrials

Sayra Barros, 8, died after investigators say her stepmother beat her to death with a rolling pin in January.

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