Authorities in Chester County, Pennsylvania have arrested a man and his girlfriend over the death of a 12-year-old girl who endured months of abuse and torment.
Rendell Hoagland called 911 on May 4 to report that his daughter Malinda was unconscious and unresponsive.
The girl’s organs were failing when she was brought to the hospital where she died covered in bruises.
She also suffered half a dozen broken bones and was only weighing 50 pounds at the time of her death.
Investigators said Hoagland and his girlfriend Cindy Warren made Malinda suffer an “evil and torment that no child should ever have to endure, and they did it for months.”
“I think we’ve all asked ourselves over the past few days, like, when the last time Malinda was ever loved. So, it’s an awful thing to think about,” said District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe.
“There are no answers that make sense. It’s a reminder that there is evil in this world.”
