Rebekah Baptiste, 10, was found unresponsive on a highway in Holbrook, north Arizona, before dying in hospital. Her father Richard Daniel Baptiste and his girlfriend Anicia Woods were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder Rebekah Baptiste begged not to be sent home (Image: Jam Press/Apache County Sheriff's Office)

A girl tragically lost her life following alleged abuse from her father and his girlfriend, despite pleading with teachers not to send her home.

Rebekah Baptiste was discovered unresponsive by police on a motorway in Holbrook, north Arizona, on July 27, according to reports citing the Apache County Sheriff's Office. Emergency services rushed the 10-year-old to Little Colorado Medical Centre in Winslow, Arizona.

She was subsequently airlifted to Phoenix Chil

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