Horry County 11-year-old beaten in front of other children as parents stood by, arrest warrants show

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — At the time Camisha McGaskey was allegedly beating 11-year-old A’kyri Bell and other minors inside a Carolina Forest home, multiple people stood by and did nothing — sometimes as their own children watched, newly released arrest warrants show.

McGaskey, who is charged with murder in Bell’s death along with multiple felonies, including human trafficking, used her hands and feet along with other weapons to beat her and the other children, the documents show.

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Bell died June 13 at a Carolina Forest hospital of head injuries after being taken from a Sago Palm Drive home, authorities said. Police initially arrested 31-year-old McGaskey, the girl’s guardian and a distant cousin, with obstruction of justice, before upgrading the charge to murder.

The Horry County Coroner’s Office on June 17 said Bell died of blunt force trauma and labeled her death a homicide…

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