BOSTON — A mother has been arrested and her boyfriend is charged with murder in the death of a little girl whose body was found inside a trash bag on a Boston Harbor island this summer, a prosecutor said Friday, after a monthslong campaign to learn the child’s identity.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said he authorized a murder charge for Michael McCarthy, 35, and the girl’s mother, Rachelle Bond, 40, is under arrest for accessory to murder after the fact.
“At just shy of three years old, Bella Bond was a true innocent,” Conley said at a news conference announcing the charges.
“This child, whose very name means beauty, was murdered,” he said.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said Bond and McCarthy are blaming each other for the girl’s death.