WPRO News and the Associated Press
Massachusetts officials have identified the little girl whose body was found in a trash bag earlier this summer as Bella Bond.
The body found on June 25 in Boston had been known as “Baby Doe” during an intense campaign to learn her identity.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley says Bella Bond was just shy of 3 years old when her body was found in June on Deer Island in Winthrop by a woman walking a dog. He said Friday she was murdered.
Baby Doe’s mother is under arrest on a charge of accessory to murder after the fact. The mother’s boyfriend has been charged with murder. The mother is in custody. Her boyfriend is in a hospital for drug treatment. They can’t be reached for comment.
Gov. Charlie Baker says the state’s child protection agency was involved with the girl’s family for several months in 2013, but the case was closed.
The discovery of the body sparked a massive social media campaign. Within two weeks, a composite image of the chubby-cheeked, brown-eyed girl had reached an estimated 47 million people on Facebook.
The archbishop of Boston is among at least 10 people offering to take the remains of a little girl who was found dead inside a trash bag and became known as Baby Doe and give her a proper burial.
Prosecutors confirm Cardinal Sean O’Malley was one of the people who offered.
