A Pennsylvania man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to the horrific abuse and ultimately murder of his 12-year-old daughter.
The investigation began in May 2024, when police responded to a 911 call about an unconscious child. When emergency services arrived at the scene, they found the little girl, Malindavery malnourished with several broken bones and bruises. It was later determined that he weighed only 50 pounds and was suffering from organ failure. (Although healthy sizes can vary, the average weight for a girl this age is about 90 pounds, depending on height, body mass index, and CDC Growth Charts.)
Malinda was taken to a local hospital, where she tragically died.
After the incident, authorities discovered the 12-year-old had been removed from the in-person school and “moved to a cyber home school” in late 2023. They also found a series of allegedly incriminating text messages and videos of Malinda chained to furniture while her father, Rendell Hoaglandand his girlfriend Cindy Warrenspoke harshly to her over a speaker system in the home, according to prosecutors.
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Chester County District Attorney Christopher L. de Barrena-Sarobe She also accused the couple of refusing to give her meals and exercise her as a form of punishment. Acts that would justify these punishments allegedly included not smiling during Zoom classes or urinating while tied to furniture and unable to go to the bathroom.
As part of a plea deal, Hoagland pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping, conspiracy and years of abuse leading up to her son’s death.
“During the two-hour proceeding, the defendant admitted to repeatedly and systematically abusing his daughter for years,” the district attorney’s office said in a statement. people. “This agreement was reached in consultation with the victim’s family, who spoke to the court about how Malinda’s death has affected them.”
Warren’s trial will begin on June 8. It is unclear whether he has agreed to a similar deal.
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In the year 2024, Malinda’s half-sister, Emily Leehe said people that she had been “kept in the dark” about what the little girl had been experiencing while living with her father and Warren because she had “moved away” from him and was waiting for Malinda to “grow up”.
Lee also recalled finding out about Warren’s legal history (he pleaded guilty to child endangerment in a 2007 child abuse case) and asking his father about it.
“I had said something to my dad like, ‘Hey, dad, do you know what this woman has been charged with?’ Do you know what he did? ” he said. “And we weren’t supposed to talk about it.”
Alexandria Crouthamelan attorney representing Lee told the network at the time that they were “pushing” to establish “Malinda’s Law,” which would function as a “registry for physical offenders.”
“There’s a sex offender registry, as we all know, and everybody can search it, public workplaces in general, everybody,” Crouthamel explained. “But there’s nothing for physical offenders. So the girls would like to have some kind of registry or database to establish that.”
If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Helpline for children at 1-800-422-4453.
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