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struggle4progress

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8. I might not get in a big hurry to believe anybody's version here
Sun Sep 20, 2015, 10:39 PM
Sep 2015


BOSTON – The biological father of Bella Bond, Joseph Amoroso, said the child's mother admitted to him that their daughter was dead and her boyfriend was the man who killed her, according to the Boston Globe. Amoroso told the newspaper in an interview that Rachelle Bond, the child's mother, told him that Michael McCarthy, believed Bella was possessed by demons ...
Bella Bond's biological father said Michael McCarthy believed the child was possessed
By Scott J. Croteau
on September 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM
updated September 20, 2015 at 6:28 PM

BOSTON -- The father of a 2-year-old girl identified almost three months after her remains were found in a trash bag ... Joseph Amoroso said in interviews with WHDH-TV and the Boston Herald that Rachelle Bond told him her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, fatally injured Bella Bond. Amoroso said he believes Rachelle Bond ... Amoroso told the Boston Herald that he and Bond connected in a tent at Occupy Boston and broke up after he discovered she had been arrested for prostitution ... The Associated Press could not locate a phone listing for Amoroso ...
"Baby Doe" dad speaks out on mother's arrest in girl's death
CBS/AP
September 19, 2015, 3:45 PM

... Bella’s mother, Rachelle Bond, is charged for covering up what happened to her daughter. Bond’s boyfriend, Michael McCarthy is charged with killing the little girl ... McCarthy has been arrested in the past on drug charges, domestic violence and motor vehicle violations. In Boston, in August of 2010, about two years before Bella was born, the then 36-year-old Rachelle Bond was arrested on Dorchester Avenue for prostitution. Court documents reveal she ended up in jail for violating bail ...
Bella Bond’s Mother Has Lengthy Criminal History
September 18, 2015 8:04 PM
Ryan Kath

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More like he was higher than a kite. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #1
Crackpot religion didn't help the situation Warpy Sep 2015 #3
That the biological dad (who dumped the biological mom because of her prostitution history) says struggle4progress Sep 2015 #9
seems like he dumped his child along with the mother JI7 Sep 2015 #11
The police found books on demonology there; a friend said McCarthy had talked about demons muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #28
Current reporting also indicates the mom told her friend the Department of Children and Families struggle4progress Sep 2015 #32
what religon are they? Takket Sep 2015 #12
First True Church of the Crackpot, obviously Warpy Sep 2015 #13
the crack somethin' Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #17
I don't think they are strongly religious - just dope fiends. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #18
And the RCC to this day teaches that demonic possession is real. trotsky Sep 2015 #25
some people very high on drugs do think invisible beings in the sky are telling them what to do Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #15
... Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #2
This is so sad. leftofcool Sep 2015 #4
Bella... Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #5
Meth melman Sep 2015 #6
...and belief in demonic possession. Iggo Sep 2015 #7
I might not get in a big hurry to believe anybody's version here struggle4progress Sep 2015 #8
Whatever. herding cats Sep 2015 #10
I agree. LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #14
They may have been high enough to want to believe it after the fact. herding cats Sep 2015 #22
It's all over the Boston news today. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #19
There's a lot of blame to go around in this case. herding cats Sep 2015 #23
And may they spend the rest of their miserable days hifiguy Sep 2015 #31
And the report said they placed her body in that refrigerator for malaise Sep 2015 #21
Her father has blame of his own to bear. herding cats Sep 2015 #26
i saw pictures of him and fake sadness at a memorial set up for her JI7 Sep 2015 #27
Horrible story. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #16
The Pope believes in demonic influences and often says humans are influenced by demons and Francis Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #20
The only demons that exist are created inside people's own heads. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #24
/\THIS/\ hifiguy Sep 2015 #30
This is just immensely sad hifiguy Sep 2015 #29
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