Four Arrested in Death of Phoenix Girl

[Ringel05]

Allegedly Locked Inside Box as Punishment.

PHOENIX – Four people were arrested in the death of a 10-year-old girl who police said Thursday had been placed inside a padlocked, plastic footlocker for punishment after months of other abuse.

During the initial investigation, family members told police that Ame Deal and other children in her extended family had been playing hide and seek, and they believed that Ame must have climbed into the box to hide and accidentally suffocated.

However, detectives said they're now treating the July 12 death as a homicide after determining the child had been placed in the box as punishment for taking a Popsicle from a refrigerator.

Four Arrested in Death of Phoenix Girl Allegedly Locked Inside Box as Punishment - FoxNews.com

 

[westwall]

That poor, poor child. Words escape me.

 

[DiAnna]

OMG. The depths of depravity that some humans sink to is unfathomable. That poor little child.

 

[Dude111]

Very sad....... Someone should do the same to them!

 

[Sarah G]

I'm certain the ten years she was alive were positively hell on earth. I hope there is a heaven and hell, she has earned a place in the former, they, a place in the latter.

Disgustingly poor excuses for human beings.

Tragic.