Michael McCarthy, charged with the murder of Bella Bond – his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter known as “Baby Doe” — was interested in a cult that purported to see ghosts and demons, prosecutors said Monday during his arraignment.
Michael McCarthy
Rachelle Bond
The boyfriend of a Massachusetts mother charged with murdering 2-year-old Bella Bond – also known as "Baby Doe" – believed the toddler was either possessed by demons or was a demon and that "it was her time to die," a prosecutor said at his arraignment on Monday.
Michael McCarthy, charged murdering Bella, was held without bail. The toddler's mother, Rachelle Bond, was charged as an accessory after the fact and was held on $1 billion cash bail.
Bella was found dead in a construction bag on Boston Harbor's Deer Island on June 25. Unable to identify her for months, authorities called her as "Baby Doe" while her composite image was shared by tens of thousands of people online in an attempt to find out who she was.
Friday's arrest and identification of Bella came 24 hours after Boston homicide detectives received a tip.
During Monday's arraignment, assistant district attorney David Deakin revealed details of how the alleged murder came to light and the shocking alleged treatment of Bella by her mother and her mother's boyfriend who he said was in a cult obsessed with demons and ghosts.
McCarthy's lifelong friend, who had lived with him and Bond for one to two weeks last winter, approached the police on Wednesday after he spoke to Bond about Bella.
According to Deakin, McCarthy and Bond had told the friend that Bella was in custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). During a conversation with Bond on Wednesday, she told the friend that she had gotten off drugs. He told her that was good news as she would be able to get Bella back from DCF. According to the friend, Bond then broke down and said "I'll never see my daughter again" because McCarthy had killed her and she had helped him cover up the murder.
When the friend texted McCarthy, who was in hospital, McCarthy told him not believe Bond and that Bella was still with the DCF.
The friend's sister then told him about the Baby Doe case and when he saw the composite image, he realized there was a "striking resemblance" between Baby Doe and Bella, Deakin told the court.
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