Authorities in Dallas arrested four family members Tuesday accused in
the brutal beating of a 14 year old girl who was reportedly impregnated
by another family member.
Police said the attack occurred in 2013, but the alleged victim, who
police say was raped by a family member a year earlier, was embarrassed
to come forward. She was eventually convinced to go to law enforcement
on May 22, 2015 by a woman who said she witnessed part of the attack.
The paper, citing police, reported that the girl, who was eight months
pregnant at the time of the alleged attack in 2013, delivered the baby
stillborn and the family tried to cover up the birth by burning the body
on a grill at the Pleasant Grove home.
Police told the paper that the family was concerned the Child Protective
Services would remove the children from the home if they learned about
the pregnancy.
The paper identified the suspects as Cedric Jones, 27, Sharon Jones, 45,
Cecila McDonald, 25, and Lonnell McDonald, 27. A fifth relative was
arrested for the alleged sexual assault.
Their relationship with the teen, who was not clear. They were arrested
on Tuesday on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity, a
felony.
Police said that Sharon Jones provided the teen with multiple doses of
Plan B contraception pills. The pills, however, did not work.
Police said the girl was pinned down by Cecila McDonald while Lonnell
McDonald allegedly “repeatedly bounced up and down” as he sat on the
girl. The alleged assault lasted for six hours, the report said.
The baby was stillborn. The girl was reportedly given iron pills by the
family over her blood loss and the baby’s body was not recovered.
Bond for each suspect was set at $150,000.
Source: The Dallas Morning News