Updated: Body of Toddler, 2, Found on Boston Beach Identified, Murder Charges Filed

Updated: Posted September 18, 2015 8:27 PM ET; Last updated September 21, 2015 9:00 PM


Bella Bond, 2


Bella Bond, 2

You can see the fear in her eyes.



[From article]
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," recalled the friend, who told police he moved out because of how the couple treated the child, according to Deakin.
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Then, one night in late May, "Bella was unwilling to go to bed and was being unruly," Deakin said Bond told police. "Mr. McCarthy said he would go in the back bedroom and try and calm her down. She found Mr. McCarthy standing over Bella, who was on a mattress on the floor, standing with his hand near Bella's abdomen.
"Miss Bond looked at Bella. Her head appeared swollen and her face was gray. She realized her daughter was dead."
When Bond panicked, McCarthy threatened to kill her, too, she later told police.
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Bond has a criminal record that dates back to 1994 and includes committed jail time for prostitution and drug possession, as well as arrests for assault and battery and receiving stolen property, court records show. She has also had restraining orders taken out against her as far back as 1997.
McCarthy, a Boston native, has arrests going back to 1992 for drug possession, possession of ammunition without an FID card and assault with a dangerous weapon. Court records show the majority of his cases were dismissed. McCarthy answered no on his official state police suicide prevention checklist to the question, "Have you ever been under psychiatric care?"
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/09/prosecutor_baby_bella_screamed_to_be_let_out_in



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Authorities said they were able to match Bella's identity with the clothes she was found wearing when her body was found on Deer Island in Winthrop on June 25.

[From article]
Amoroso said that he left Bond, his ex-girlfriend, after learning that she had been arrested for prostitution.
He has been in Florida and returned to Massachusetts in August, according to WHDH.
His mother, Patricia Quinn, said she saw the composite image and thought the sketch looked like Bella but was not sure as she had not seen her granddaughter since 2013.
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Bella Bond, 2

DeLeo said Bond and McCarthy, who are in custody, were blaming each other for Bella's death. He also added that McCarthy has drug issues.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said during the conference that Bond had other children who were older, however her parental rights to two of them were terminated between 2001 and 2006.
According to court records, Bond was arrested at least three times for prostitution, WCVB reported. She also reportedly struggled with drug addiction.
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The Boston Herald reported that Siomy Torres, who had lived in the Maxwell Street building on the Dorchester-Mattapan line since June 2014, said state police showed up at her home and started questioning her about her neighbor's daughter.
'They told me they were looking for the little girl, and asked me if I'd seen her,' Torres said.
She said state police showed her the composite picture of Baby Doe and she recognized it.
'I haven't seen her in months. I usually hear her because her room is against the backside of my apartment. I usually hear her crying or running around the house and I haven't heard that,' Torres said. 'I used to see her every day. Running around.'
Torres said she had assumed DCF had taken Bella but once Bond's new boyfriend had come around she stopped seeing the girl and Bond stopped speaking to her.
A DCF spokeswoman said they had contact with Bella twice between August and December 2012 and June and September 2013 on allegations of neglect, WCVB reported.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241098/Mother-s-boyfriend-punched-Bella-Bond-stomach-died-kept-body-fridge-month-convinced-possessed.html

Biological dad reveals tragic 'Baby Doe' Bella was conceived in an Occupy Boston tent and her 'addict' mom wouldn't hurt her... as police reveal 3-year-old was beaten to death and her body was stuffed in a fridge
Rachelle Bond, 40, of Mattapan told investigators 35-year-old Michael McCarthy punched Bella in the stomach until body went lifeless
She alleges her boyfriend thought her two-year-old daughter, who had become known as 'Baby Doe', was possessed
On Friday, authorities identified 'Baby Doe' as Bella Neveah Amoroso Bond, the daughter of Bond and Joseph Amoroso
Bella was just shy of three years old when her body was found on Deer Island in Winthrop by a woman walking a dog on June 25
Bond and her boyfriend were been arrested in connection to her death on Friday and McCarthy now faces a murder charge
Girl's father said he does not believe Bond has anything to do with their daughter's death
By MYRIAH TOWNER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 09:47 EST, 19 September 2015 | UPDATED: 16:10 EST, 19 September 2015



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Bella Bond, 2

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One man is being charged with murder and the mother of Bella Bond -- the toddler found dead in a trash bag on Deer Island in June -- is being accused of being an accessory after the fact to murder, the DA announced today.
Boyfriend Michael P. McCarthy, 35, faces the murder charge while the mother, Rachelle D. Bond, 40, faces the accessory charge, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley. They are both set to be arraigned Monday.
"This child, who's very name means beauty, was murdered," Conley said. "At just shy of three years old, Bella Bond was a true innocent."
News of the arrests come after state officials announced the state's embattled child-welfare agency had been involved with the family of Bella but did not check back on her when this case broke.
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Between 2001 and 2006, the department terminated parental rights regarding Bella's mother's other children, according to officials. One remains with the maternal grandmother. The other was adopted by a non-related family, DCF said.
Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, who lives in Winthrop where the child was found, said the boyfriend of Bella's mother was at Beth Israel Hospital for "drug issues" and that police had tracked the mother down in Lynn.
"The mother and the boyfriend started blaming each other in terms of who harmed the child," DeLeo said. Asked if Bella was the victim of an accident or intentional harm, DeLeo said, "I got the impression (from police) it was deliberate."
The girl's 44-year-old aunt told the Herald this afternoon she can also confirm Baby Doe was her little niece. She said Bella was about 5 years old.
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She said state police showed up at her home and started questioning her about her neighbor's daughter.
"I got a knock on my door at 9 o'clock at night asking me questions about them, they told me they were looking for the little girl, and asked me if I'd seen her," Torres said.
She said state police showed her the composite picture of Baby Doe and she recognized it.
"I haven't seen her in months. I usually hear her because her room is against the backside of my apartment. I usually hear her crying or running around the house and I haven't heard that," Torres said. "I used to see her every day. Running around."
Torres said when she stopped seeing the girl she assumed the girl was taken by DCF.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/09/boyfriend_charged_in_murder_of_bella_bond_mom

Boyfriend charged in murder of Bella Bond; mom charged as accessory
Friday, September 18, 2015
By: O'Ryan Johnson, Owen Boss, Joe Dwinell, Bob McGovern and Matt Stout
Boston Herald