Recently released police documents have shed new light on the final weeks of 10-year-old Rebekah Baptiste’s life, revealing disturbing allegations of escalating abuse and multiple attempts to flee her living situation.
The 36-page report from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office outlines interviews with her father, Richard Baptiste, and his girlfriend, Anicia Woods, following the discovery of the unresponsive child on July 27.
Rebekah was later pronounced dead three days later at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Both adults are now facing charges of first-degree murder.
Detectives say the family had been living off-grid in a rural campsite near Concho, Arizona, in a yurt without electricity or running water since relocating from Phoenix earlier in July.
The family slept on thin mattresses o