Parents tortured their 12-year-old daughter and gave her nothing to eat. The child weighed only 23 kilograms and was left to die.
Twelve-year-old Malinda H. experienced hell on earth instead of a loving daycare at home in Philadelphia. Investigating prosecutor Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe told local TV station WGAL that Malinda was subjected to “systematic” brutal physical abuse. She was taken to the hospital weighing just 50 pounds (23 kilograms), with six broken bones and open wounds all over her body. Doctors were unable to save her and the girl died.
According to the complaint, police officers found videos on her father’s and stepmother’s cellphones that showed the girl being handcuffed to furniture and locked in the basement.
Failure of authorities after leaving school
Text messages between the 52-year-old and his 45-year-old wife also reveal the “violations” for which Malinda was punished. First, the girl was repeatedly beaten, then she was starved and forced to do hours of physical exercises in her weakened state. Rendell H. pulled his daughter out of public school in December 2023 and enrolled her in online classes instead — after teachers alerted the child welfare office about the child’s alarming physical condition.
However, the authorities took no action, although on closer inspection all alarm bells should have rung: stepmother Cindy W. was already in prison between 2009 and 2014 for serious child abuse.
Prosecutor: “No child should have to endure such torture”
Barrena-Sarobe portrays the couple as “evil personified” and calls for the death penalty: “No child should ever be subjected to torture such as Malinda endured for months.” In the meantime, H. and W. are awaiting trial without the possibility of bail.
Source: Krone
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