GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (TCD) — A married couple were arrested on suspicion of murder after the 34-year-old woman allegedly fatally beat her stepdaughter with a rolling pin.
On Jan. 30 at 2:16 p.m., Gwinnett County Police and EMS responded to a medical call on Vine Springs Trace and found an 8-year-old victim, who was declared deceased at the scene. Police said the girl had been home with Natiela Barros and “suffered some kind of medical emergency.”
Barros contacted the girl’s father, who came home, called 911, and started CPR on the girl.
Gwinnett County Police announced homicide detectives arrested Barros and are charging her with first-degree cruelty to children, aggravated assault, felony murder, and malice murder. The next day, on Jan. 31, the girl’s father, Cledir Barros, was arrested on charges of second-degree cruelty to a child and second-degree murder. They are both being held without bond.
According to the arrest warrant cited by WAGA-TV, Natiela Barros allegedly hit the victim, Sayra Barros, “with a wooden rolling pin 10 to 20 times, refusing to get her medical care afterwards.” Sayra Barros reportedly sustained injuries to the “top back of her neck.”
WAGA reports the judge told Natiela Barros, “You’re going to be here for a while.”
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