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

[Bootsctr]

Toddler's Face Recreated in the Search to ID ‘Baby Doe’

A little girl’s remains were discovered in a plastic bag, late last month, partially decomposed, on a beach in Massachusetts. No one knew who she was.

But through the deft touch of Christi Andrews, a forensic artist for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a human face was created from the unidentifiable remains. And now, as the search for her identity and her guardians continues, the computer-generated image – a mix of artistic finesse and information from the medical examiner – has reached tens of millions of people through the Massachusetts State Police’s Facebook page.

This was no small feat: due to the condition of the body, this job was considered as one “from scratch,” Andrews said.

http://www.forensicmag.com/articles/2015/07/toddlers-face-recreated-search-id-baby-doe

 

[~n/t~]

How long were RB & MM together before they murdered Bella?

 

[jjenny]

Yes but when you actually have a body, it can be problematic if no COD is observable. Jurors might feel there is reasonable doubt and maybe there was an accident.

I'm not too worried about this case though. These are not appealing defendants who will attract a high-powered defense team. The jury will loathe them.

They already managed to get prominent defense attorneys somehow. Even though neither one seem to have two $ to rub together.

 

[mbmc]

Reportedly MM is in the hospital because of abscesses on his arm (not due to any altercations).

Ah thanks for that.

 

[Bravo]

I believe he owned a car, they put Bella in his car and then disposed of her body, the prosecutor said.

Thanks so much. I had to rely on CNN which only provided snippets. I was having puter probs. and could not watch online. Finally figured out my adoble flash somehow disabled. Grrrrrrr

 

[bestill]

They already managed to get prominent defense attorneys somehow. Even though neither one seem to have two $ to rub together.

That amazes me.

 

[tlcya]

Have not heard/read if either had a vehicle. I have been wondering same.

During the hearing the prosecutor stated that Bella's body was transported in trunk of MM's car per what RB told LE.

 

[Doghairrules]

Bio-dad seems to have a somewhat 'me-centered' view of the world?

[video=twitter;645969103061143553]https://twitter.com/jacktemp/status/645969103061143553[/video]

Shocking! Everyone in this Angel's life was me-centric, apparently.


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[Bootsctr]

Bio - person of Bella:

“I’m going to have to forgive myself,” he said. Bella’s absentee father came to the shrine that strangers and MWRA workers erected in his little girl’s memory, “to find some serenity.”

“Before I could get back here and be a father to my daughter,” he said,” I had to take care of some things in Florida.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_op...zinis_bella_s_dad_stuck_in_prison_of_what_ifs

 

[jjenny]

That amazes me.

Me too. But not in a good way.

 

[leah]

Was it mentioned what kind of weights were put in the bag?

 

[weebleswobble]

Given what was presented today by the District Attorney, I don't understand the discrepancy in charges.

MM has not admitted to anything, nor did he implicate RB. She is the one doing the talking. Why believe her over him?

One thing that sticks out for me is that MM does not mention a word about what happened with his close friend. The phone calls between them after RB told him that Bella had died. There is no mention of them and he continues to just tell police that Bella was taken by protected services. His friend outright asked him and said, you killed Bella. The friend has no reason to say those calls took place, MM didn't admit anything. But yet by omitting to even mention them, seems shady to me.

 

[Bootsctr]

I think Bella's body was put in the contractor bag and then into a duffle bag that was then weighted down with weights - that's what I heard. No link. So somehow - if RB is telling the truth (HA!) the trash bag escaped the duffle bag and floated to Deer Island with the tide. No link. Speculation and what I thought I heard in the courtroom this morning.

 

[bestill]

Me too. But not in a good way.

I hope we find out the backstory, because I really think there is one.

 

[heartgoesout]

If it was a mother that had some "things" to take care of would you be so understanding?
This is what's wrong with the world.

If you are a father, whether you wanted to be or not, it is 100% your responsibility to take care of your child.

No excuses.

He did not do his best. He failed his child. So tired of society giving the bowels of the human race sympathy and excuses.

 

[KaraKitty]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_op...osecutor_baby_bella_screamed_to_be_let_out_in


"The mother of the child known as Baby Doe confessed to a friend last week that her boyfriend had killed the 2-year-old girl because he believed she was possessed, and told police the tiny body was stored in a refrigerator before the couple left it on Deer Island, a Suffolk County prosecutor said today.

"She was a demon anyway," suspect Michael McCarthy told Rachelle Bond after the murder, assistant district attorney David Deakin said in Dorchester District Court. "It was her time to die."

Bond -- whose attorney had asked she be released on $250 bail -- was ordered held on $1 million bail today. McCarthy was held without bail.

Little Bella Bond's body was found in a trash bag on Deer Island in Boston Harbor on June 25. An image of her face was shared globally millions of times by law enforcement and through social media, but her identity remained a mystery until Friday, when authorities charged McCarthy, 35, with murder and Bond, 40, as an accessory after the fact.

Deakin this morning painted a horrific portrait of the little girl's tormented childhood.

A friend of the couple told police he frequently saw Bella crying, and saw both parents lock her in a closet for up to an hour.

"She screamed to be let out," the friend recalled, according to Deakin.

Both believed the little girl was possessed, Deakin said.

After the child was killed, Bond told police, the couple remained high for days, according to Deakin. Bond believes her daughter's body was stored in a refrigerator until the couple drove to Deer Island, put her in a bag and weighted it, she told police.

When the friend asked last week where her little girl was, McCarthy and Bond both initially insisted the child had been taken into the custody of the Department of Child and Family Services.

"I hope you rot in hell," a woman erupted in court during the arraignment. "You (expletive) rot in hell."

Deakin said the medical examiner';s office has ruled out all natural causes of death for Bella, and there were no signs of trauma on the girl. The examiner hasn't ruled out a manner of death that includes asphyxiation and suffocation, Deakin said.

On June 25 a dog walker came across a bag on Deer Island and saw "the limb of the small child." Investigators learned later that same bag was seen on the island the previous day, Deakin said.

During the arraignment, McCarthy stood on one end of the glass partition while Bond stood on the other end. McCarthy looked ahead expressionless, while Bond looked down, head sunken and covered by a hooded sweatshirt. Neither suspect looked at each other."




I am just catching up.

REALLY ... RB's atty wanted bail at $250.00. WTH.


AND why didn't this FRIEND call the authorities when he saw RB and MM locking BELLA in a closet...............?????????????????

 

[Bravo]

I dont know where the link or tweet is but bio Dad stated he and RB spent the night sleeping by the water so they could be together as a Family. Reasoning as to why he didn't report the "confession" or take RB directly to LE. WTF?????

 

[SwizzleStix]

Nicole Jacobs ‏@NicoleJacobsWBZ 7m7 minutes ago

Rachelle Bond made eye contact with Bella's biological father. He held up something to show her. #WBZ


https://twitter.com/NicoleJacobsWBZ

Did anyone see what it was? I'm sorry, but he's shady as heck.

 

[Bootsctr]

On Saturday, Amoroso, a lean man with a shaved head and a lengthy criminal record in Florida, sat on the wooden railing overlooking the Deer Island beach where his daughter’s body was discovered, his Bible resting at his side, and laid out a sad and strange story of Bella’s life and death.

Court documents show that he has an eight-page criminal record in Florida that dates back to 2000 and includes convictions for drug crimes and resisting an officer with violence. He most recently pleaded guilty in 2012 to resisting an officer with violence and larceny under $100.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/09/19/bella/gTUv3lRRWmVY5uIdrbW0SP/story.html

 

[jjenny]

I just find it ironic that bio dad complains that neighbors didn't call police, yet he himself didn't call police after RB directly told him that Bella was killed.
Neighbors aren't the ones who should be responsible for his bio child.