Two-year-old child killed because she was "possessed by demons."

[Arugula Latte]

Horrifying murder. This is a sad consequence of a society that still encourages and rewards "faith" in primitive mythology and belief in nonsensical supernatural phenomenon backed by zero evidence. The RCC, for example, is one prominent institution that still believes in demonic possession. In 2015.

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The little girl known as "Baby Doe" was killed in her bedroom by her mother's boyfriend — a man who was convinced the toddler was possessed by demons, a prosecutor told a Boston courtroom on Monday.

Bella Bond, 2, was found by a dog-walker in a trash bag on Deer Island in Boston Harbor on June 25 and was identified last week. Horrifying details about the girl's short life and death were revealed in court Monday morning as her mom, Rachelle Bond, and Bond's boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, were arraigned. McCarthy was held without bond. Bond was held on $1 million bail.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prosecutor-suspect-death-baby-doe-said-it-was-her-time-n430826

[AlbertCat]

1. found by a dog-walker in a trash bag

Poof even their stupid demon possession excuse it total BS.... even to them. Just playing the religious card after the fact. They knew exactly what they had done.

[kdmorris]

2. I cannot imagine... that poor girl

I cried reading this... they locked her in a closet for up to an hour while she screamed.

She was the same age as my sons. I cannot imagine how terrified they would be... I just... words fail me.

Absolutely horrifying. The man who killed her said that he did nothing wrong because she was a demon... Yet he covered up the murder so he must have known he was doing something wrong.

When will we, as a society, stop catering to this bullshit?

[RussBLib]

3. possessed by demons

Gee, I wonder where they could possibly have come up with that idea?

Poor child.

At least those two scumbags will be off the streets now.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. It isn't clear that the woman was involved in

the killing. She seems instead to have participated in dumping the kids body. Still a hideous crime though.

[Lordquinton]

4. I'm sure we'll be hearing all about mental illness

As if this just wasn't a real possession or something.

[Iggo]

6. Even they don't believe their own bullshit.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Actually some really do believe, even on du,

that demonic possession is a real thing and that "professional" exorcism is an appropriate treatment.

[Iggo]

9. They "believe" it until someone claims it in the real world. Then it's all mental illness.

[Duppers]

10. You said it well, Arugula. Watch the latter half of this.

I thought I knew about insanities like this until I watched this...

There have been hundreds of cases like this in the country.

[beam me up scottie]

11. This kid was failed by everyone in her life.

Her mother, father, step father, the system.

It is heartbreaking that something like this could happen and no one reported her missing.

[Curmudgeoness]

12. Failed by the system in other ways too.

They had been investigated by Child Protective Services in the past, and obviously they didn't see the danger. I heard that the father found out about this when he saw a billboard with her picture on it.

[beam me up scottie]

13. He supposedly complained to DCS but never followed up.

I saw the video of her last party and it was just awful, her mother was so out of it.