PHOENIX — Before 10-year-old Rebekah Baptiste died in late July, educators at her school filed multiple reports of abuse to the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS).
After being found on July 27 severely beaten and unconscious in Holbrook, Baptiste died three days later at Phoenix Children’s.
Official reports following her death identified multiple signs of abuse, including scratches, bruising, a black eye, missing toenails and burns — all of which was consistent with injuries reported by staff at Empower College Prep, according to Natalina Mariscal, the school’s director of student social services…