Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
NOTE: This trial is from Jun, 2017.
This interview took place in the hospital as McCarthy was due to have an operation at the time Bella's identity was discovered.
Bella Bond aged 3 yrs. old was found dead in a plastic bag on the shore of Deer Island in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on June 25, 2015. Authorities pursued the investigation into discovering who the child was until her identification in September 2015.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reconstructed the child's face to provide the public with an estimation of the victim's appearance during life. They aimed to generate tips to a potential identity and to locate the individual or individuals responsible for the disposal of her body. After the reconstruction was released and news coverage began nationwide a large amount of public attention emerged; an estimated 56 million people viewed reports on the case. Half of these occurred within the first week after the body was found.
Bella Bond was identified on September 18, 2015. Bond's mother, Rachelle Bond, and her mother's boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, were arrested, and authorities confirmed that Bella had been murdered, despite the fact that an initial autopsy performed on the body did not uncover the exact cause of death. Rachelle Bond was charged with "accessory after the fact" in regards to her daughter's murder. She later pleaded guilty as the result of a plea deal.
Rochelle Bond testified against McCarthy in his trial. Rochelle Bond alleged that McCarthy had punched Bella in the stomach multiple times after claiming Bella was a "demon", and that he was the sole perpetrator of the murder.
In June 2017 McCarthy was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life with possibility of parole.
NOTE: This trial is from Jun, 2017.
This interview took place in the hospital as McCarthy was due to have an operation at the time Bella's identity was discovered.
Bella Bond aged 3 yrs. old was found dead in a plastic bag on the shore of Deer Island in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on June 25, 2015. Authorities pursued the investigation into discovering who the child was until her identification in September 2015.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reconstructed the child's face to provide the public with an estimation of the victim's appearance during life. They aimed to generate tips to a potential identity and to locate the individual or individuals responsible for the disposal of her body. After the reconstruction was released and news coverage began nationwide a large amount of public attention emerged; an estimated 56 million people viewed reports on the case. Half of these occurred within the first week after the body was found.
Bella Bond was identified on September 18, 2015. Bond's mother, Rachelle Bond, and her mother's boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, were arrested, and authorities confirmed that Bella had been murdered, despite the fact that an initial autopsy performed on the body did not uncover the exact cause of death. Rachelle Bond was charged with "accessory after the fact" in regards to her daughter's murder. She later pleaded guilty as the result of a plea deal.
Rochelle Bond testified against McCarthy in his trial. Rochelle Bond alleged that McCarthy had punched Bella in the stomach multiple times after claiming Bella was a "demon", and that he was the sole perpetrator of the murder.
In June 2017 McCarthy was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life with possibility of parole.
