A cruel couple accused of fatally abusing their young daughter, who died like a holocaust victim, led to getting a life sentence in jail. They had maltreated and badly starved her to malnutrition, which was made worse because they inflicted wounds that led to her death.
Couple Maltreats Daughter to Death
These parents from Ogden, Utah, identified as Brenda Emile and Miller Eric Costello, were arrested by the police for how they inhumanely treated their 3-year-old daughter, according to True Crime Daily.
Based on the reports by KSL-TV, Judge Michael DiReda gave the verdict for the 28-year-old woman and 30-year-old man last Friday. The judge states how the court has seen this kind of depravedness and cruelty, calling it the evilest seen in any case.
The authorities charged both in July of 2017 for the aggravated murder of the young girl, Angelina, who died at three years old. Wanting to avoid execution by the state, they plead guilty to the crime, noted the Standard-Examiner.
Life Sentence for Parents Who Murdered Angelina
On July 6, 2017, Ogden police were summoned to the residence where the unconscious child was, but it was too late, and the victim passed away.
Investigators found out how terrible the maltreatment was at the hands of her parents. Signs of horrible abuse like bruises, contusions, lacerating, burns, open sores, and abrasions were evident all over the girl's body. The parents even inflicted big burns on the torso and some burns on the legs, back, and feet.
Descriptions of the ordeal suffered by the victim caused by her parents were shocking. The victims' stomach was sunk, with limbs so emancipated no muscles were developed enough, according to the files. Commenting on the condition of the abused girl at death, Ogden Police Officer Sitka Hrabal contrasted the pitiful state of Angelina to that of a concentration camp inmate.
Richard Childress, a detective, reacted with shock at what they did to her, saying the girl looked like she was from a concentration camp, poorly fed and starved to death by her guardian as evil. Angelina was only 13 pounds by the time she died. More revelations by the medical examiner show she was beaten by a blunt object and was not appropriately fed by her guardians.
Trial Showcased the Maltreatment of 3-Year-Old Angelina
During court testimony, Dr. Antoinette Laskey testified and told the court how the young victim had terminal malnutrition at death. The child's nose was shattered and needed surgery. Her parents would pretend to give the girl food and not give it, and they took videos of the abuse. Judge DiReda added that her brother was told to hit his sister and got an okay from his parents.
A psychologist and expert witness Lawrence Beall said in court that the parents' thought Angelina was cursed due to premature birth. In court, DeRida told the co-accused when sentencing was in progress, saying instead of acting like parents to Angelina, who deserved better from them, she was "dehumanized and tortured by monsters."
The cruel couple had harmed and abused their daughter until they killed her and were sentenced to life for their monstrous acts.
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