A father and a stepmother are charged in the death of the 8 year-old girl who died earlier this week at a home in Bethlehem. Police in Gwinnett County have leveled murder charges against 34 year-old Natiela Barros. Her stepdaughter was found dead Tuesday afternoon. She was taken into custody, as was, a short time later, her husband and the child’s father Clay Barros.
From WSB TV…
The father of a young girl who was beaten to death on Tuesday is now also facing charges in her death.
Police responded to a home on Vine Springs Trace in Bethlehem for a medical call involving a child.
Investigators told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson that 8-year-old Sayra Barros was home alone with her stepmother when she had a medical emergency. The stepmother called the father home who then called 911 and began CPR.
Sayra Barros was pronounced dead at the home.
On Wednesday morning, the stepmother, 34-year-old Natiela Barros, was arrested and charged with murder. Arrest warrants say she hit Sayra Barros with a wooden rolling pin “10-20 times” and refused “to get her medical care afterwards.”