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A lawyer changes her mind. Janine Steck Huffman has a child with Down’s syndrome. But years before she gave birth to her son Nash, she was partly responsible for the legal starvation death of Baby Doe, another child born with the same condition. Baby Doe was born in Bloomington, Indiana, in April 1982. Besides Down syndrome, he had esophageal atresia, which prevented him from eating. Without a simple operation, he would starve to death. When Baby Doe’s mother saw him for the first time, she reportedly said, “You look beautiful. You look different from my other two, but I love...

**SNIP** Lunden Roberts provided an Arkansas county court with tax returns for half a decade, as well as her W2s from 2015 and 2016 and her paystubs for an unspecified period of time when she was listed as having worked for Hunter Biden and his company, Owasco PC, according to court papers filed Friday afternoon. **SNIP** Roberts also submitted documents pertaining to an unspecified amount of money she received from Owasco PC between May 2018 and November 2018, as well as a copy of a health insurance card from when Biden paid for her coverage, court documents state. She said...

The drug-addled mother of Bella Bond watched her boyfriend swath the tot's lifeless body in a garbage bag and stuff her in their refrigerator before the Dorchester couple went on a days-long heroin binge, a prosecutor said today. "She was a demon and this was her time to die," Michael P. McCarthy, 35, and a fanatic of the occult, told Rachelle D. Bond, 40, one terrible day in May as he stood over Bella in the 2 1/2-year-old child's bedroom, according to assistant Suffolk District Attorney David Deakin. McCarthy, his long blond hair spilling over his shoulders, was held without...

Complete Headline: The tragic life of 'Baby Doe' Bella Bond laid bare: Conceived in a tent at Occupy Boston, kept secret from her addict mom's family and 'punched until she died by a step-dad convinced she was possessed' Bella Bond was punched in the stomach by her mother's boyfriend until she died, her mother has told investigators, claiming the man thought the two-year-old was 'possessed by demons'. Rachelle Bond, 40, of the Boston neighborhood Mattapan made the allegations against 35-year-old Michael McCarthy as she spoke to investigators about the murder case involving her daughter who became known as 'Baby Doe'...

Two charged in ‘Baby Doe’ death A 35-year-old Dorchester man allegedly killed the cherubic 2 1⁄2-year-old girl who came to be known as “Baby Doe” because he “supposedly thought the child had demons in her,” a tipster in Billerica told police during a phone call Wednesday, breaking open a heartbreaking murder case that touched millions around the world. Police records obtained by the Herald show the big break in the “Baby Doe” investigation came at 12:27 p.m., when an unidentified tipster told police the little girl’s mother, Rachelle Bond, had admitted to the caller’s brother that her boyfriend, Michael P....

DEVELOPING: A mother and her boyfriend are "blaming each other" for the death of "Baby Doe," a 3-year-old Boston girl whose remains were found on a Boston Harbor beach this summer and whose identity was only determined Friday, a state official said. Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo said the mother of Bella Bond -- known to the world as Baby Doe -- is in police custody Friday along with her boyfriend. "They feel they have the perpetrators of this crime," DeLeo said during a news conference Friday. "It appears as though it was a situation of the boyfriend who was...

The identity of "Baby Doe," the viral mystery 4-year-old whose body was discovered on a Massachusetts beach, may soon be revealed. Sources told ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston and the Associated Press that she has been identified. Sources tell #5Investigates police have spoken with the mother and boyfriend of Baby Doe. #wcvb pic.twitter.com/5RWQuOLAEd — Kathy Curran (@KathyReports) September 18, 2015 Her identity is expected to be released after a positive ID by the State Medical Examiner, WCVB reports. Dave Procopio of the State Police told ABC News that the investigation is ongoing and they have nothing to add beyond that...

BABY DOE'S VOICE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD As I said last week, Baby Doe's short life on earth may be gone, but the voice of Baby Doe is being heard around the world. Last Friday, scores of people called Liberty Counsel to inquire about the status of Baby Doe. When informed Baby Doe was aborted, many cried. Some of you are parents or grandparents. Some want to become parents. The thought that Baby Doe was needlessly killed, was, and is, hard to bear. However, Baby Doe's voice has not been silenced. The media coverage outside the United States has included...

Plight of 'Baby Doe' Posted: May 31, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com My good friend Mathew Staver, founder of the Orlando, Fla.-based Liberty Counsel, has been on a legal roller coaster this week, attempting to save the life of an unborn child in the state. In the case of Baby Doe, Mr. Staver and his team worked valiantly to save the unborn child. And for a brief moment, it appeared they had been successful. Judge Arthur Rothenberg had ruled Wednesday night to have physicians at Jackson Memorial Hospital perform a live birth, canceling the hysterotomy abortion that was scheduled for...