MA - Bella Bond, 2, found dead, Deer Island, Boston Harbor, June 2015 - #4

[eileenhawkeye]

Well, there you go. The lawyer himself compared it to Caylee Anthony's case.

We don't know the full context of the quote, but the paragraph before it makes it sound like he could be comparing them because he thinks RB could be acquitted.

But, with what appears to be a lack of physical evidence, Shapiro wonders if Bella’s case may play out like another famous trial involving a dead toddler—one where the mother got off.

“This could be like the Caylee Anthony case,” he told The Daily Beast.

 

[Bravo]

Prosecutor

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...-baby-bella/ndJzOHel5X4RaijQLAf0HO/story.html

 

[skibaboo]

DCF to review its cases on Bella Bond

Baker says agency will institute new rules after death

The state Department of Children and Families will review its involvement with the little girl found dead on a Deer Island beach in June and move swiftly to implement a series of recommendations to identify and protect children at risk, Governor Charlie Baker said Sunday.

DCF will “take a good look at the case” and update its risk assessment and intake systems, Baker said while attending an event in South Boston. “Tragedies like this illustrate just how important it is we get this done and get it done quickly.”

Bella Bond, known to the world only as “Baby Doe” until the arrests last week of her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, had been the subject of a DCF investigation twice before — in 2012 and 2013 — following reports of neglect made to the agency. DCF spokeswoman Andrea Grossman said the agency is unable to discuss the details of the case, which was closed over two years ago under the previous administration.

 

[justanother]

McCarthy, who had been at Beth Israel hospital for an unknown medical condition, was no longer at the hospital on Monday morning, hospital officials said.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30075564/2-charged-in-bostons-baby-doe-case-due-in-court-monday

 

[Bravo]

I give up on finding a time for Court today. CNN just did the story but again no time

 

[~n/t~]

McCarthy, who had been at Beth Israel hospital for an unknown medical condition, was no longer at the hospital on Monday morning, hospital officials said.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30075564/2-charged-in-bostons-baby-doe-case-due-in-court-monday

Good. So he will appear in court! Does anyone know what time the arraignment is? I apologize if it was posted and I missed it. Thank you!

 

[~n/t~]

I give up on finding a time for Court today. CNN just did the story but again no time

Thanks Bravo. I just posted asking if anyone knew. Thank for trying. I'll see if I can find anything.

 

[matou]

Rachelle bond is arriving in court. Check twitter under her name. On my phone so can't post.

 

[Bravo]

Good. So he will appear in court! Does anyone know what time the arraignment is? I apologize if it was posted and I missed it. Thank you!

Not yet. I have been checking everywhere yesterday and this a.m.

 

[wondering25]

Perhaps in serious cases experienced lawyers are in a roster in Massachusetts and his name came up. The lawyer gets paid by the courts.. not what he would usually get but he does get paid. What would you suggest? Do you think when MM was in the hospital he should have seen a second rate MD? MM is innocent until proven guilty. If you were charged with murder and had no money you would want effective counsel. i dont understand vilifying lawyers, i just dont. Some state bar associations require lawyers to do a certain amount of "public defender" work.. for lack of a better word. MM may really be crazier than a bed bug...he might really need an insanity defense, for example..I have no idea. But to think that even an alleged murderer doesnt deserve competent counsel is like saying he shouldnt get quality medical care either. Lawyers love the law..they think it is their duty to protect and defend..they are often unpopular warriors.. but get in trouble and they are your best friend. If lawyers only took cases from nice guys they would soon have no clients. Sorry, it is part of the job.. just like caring for MM in the hospital would be part of my job. JMO

Anything I write is my opinion only.

 

[alreetlike]

I was away over the weekend so although I'd seen the news on Facebook and read a few articles I haven't been able to post here until now. Poor little mite never stood a chance.

 

[skibaboo]

Rachelle bond is arriving in court. Check twitter under her name. On my phone so can't post.

[video=twitter;645934975586541568]https://twitter.com/KarenWBZradio/status/645934975586541568[/video]

 

[skibaboo]

[video=twitter;645936099500650496]https://twitter.com/KarenWBZradio/status/645936099500650496[/video]

 

[~n/t~]

Not yet. I have been checking everywhere yesterday and this a.m.

I sent the Boston Globe reporter a tweet. Hopefully he will post the time.

 

[Bravo]

Karen Twomey ‏@KarenWBZradio 11m11 minutes ago
Bell's Godmother holding "Ducky" outside court,one of Bella's toys

 

[skibaboo]

[video=twitter;645938911915737089]https://twitter.com/fox25news/status/645938911915737089[/video]

 

[Bravo]

Must be soon if she has arrived

 

[Sonya610]

Baby Doe is a computer generated image. Which means any kind of earrings can be drawn on it.
At first they released the image without earrings. Then they added the earrings.

But that sort of detail shouldn't be "added" without evidence when the subject is a dead 2-3 year old, piercing is body modification. If the body showed the ears had recently been pierced then photos with and without would make sense, however I doubt if they could tell if it had been recent.

I noticed the pierced ears on the computer mockup right away. Other people might see the image and think it looks like so and so....but notice the piercings and discount it as the same child because that family doesn't pierce the ears of babies.

 

[Bravo]

I wonder where the Godmother has been all this time? just sayin.....

 

[~n/t~]

But that sort of detail shouldn't be "added" without evidence when the subject is a dead 2-3 year old.

I noticed the pierced ears on the computer mockup right away. Other people might see the image and think it looks like so and so....but notice the piercings and discount it as the same child because that family doesn't pierce the ears of babies (that is a cultural practice and people do take note of it).

There is no evidence to suggest that her ears weren't pierced. I'm guessing they were even though she did not wear earrings.