Bella Bond's Mother and Her Boyfriend Indicted in 2-Year-Old's Murder

Two-year-old Bella Bond‘s mother, Rachelle Bond, has been indicted as an accessory after the fact of murder, and her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, has been indicted for first-degree murder.

Rachelle Bond was also indicted for larceny over $250 for allegedly continuing to accept public assistance after she knew of her daughter’s death, WHDH, 7 News reports.

The Suffolk County Grand Jury returned the indictments on Friday, five months after Bella’s body was found on a Deer Island beach, stashed in a plastic bag, by a woman walking her dog on June 25. The discovery launched a long investigation, first to discover the young girl’s identity. The investigation led police to the Bond’s Dorchester home. The two were taken into custody. Bond was ordered held on $1 million cash bail. McCarthy was kept without bail.

According to authorities, Bond admitted to a friend of McCarthy’s that he had murdered her daughter. She also confessed to the same individual that she was an “accessory after the fact.”

Statements made by Bond to investigators revealed McCarthy allegedly punched Bella to death because she had been acting “unruly.”

“She was a demon anyway. It was her time to die,” McCarthy reportedly told Bond after she found Bella dead in her room.

McCarthy and Bond are due back in court on Jan. 6.