Report: Toddler Bella's killer had thought she was possessed

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28. The police found books on demonology there; a friend said McCarthy had talked about demons

‘It Was Her Time To Die,’ Boyfriend Allegedly Said Of Toddler Found On Deer Island

According to Deakin, Bond told investigators she knew her daughter was dead but McCarthy wouldn’t say what he did. McCarthy did, however, say “she was a demon anyway, it was her time to die,” Deakin said. Bond told investigators that McCarthy said he would kill her if she went to the police about Bella’s death, according to Deakin.
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Deakin also spoke about a “lifelong friend” of McCarthy’s who had lived with the couple earlier this year for one to two weeks. That friend, who was not named in court, told police he had moved out of the couple’s home because he didn’t like their treatment of Bella, according to Deakin. The friend said on two occasions McCarthy locked the girl in the closet for 30 minutes to an hour, Deakin said. The friend also told police that McCarthy had become involved in the occult and purported to see demons and ghosts, according to Deakin.

“Mr. McCarthy and Ms. Bond told the lifelong friend that (Bella) was possessed by demons and that that was the reason why she required that type of punishment,” Deakin said in court.
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The friend’s sister then contacted the Boston Police Department with the information she heard. Meanwhile, the friend went to Roxbury District Court on Thursday morning and spoke with someone he knew there, Deakin said. He was later interviewed by State Police, who then obtained a warrant to search the couple’s home. There they found books on demons and demonology, according to Deakin.

http://www.wbur.org/2015/09/21/bella-bond-arraignment