The parents of a 7-year-old girl in Oklahoma have been arrested after they allegedly brought the already-dead body of their severely emaciated and physically abused child to a local hospital.
Anthony Yonko and Lisa Mitchell were taken into custody on Friday and charged with one count each of first-degree murder in the little girl’s horrific death, court records obtained by Law&Crime show.
Yonko is also charged with one count each of torturing, maiming, and death of a child by injuring.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Midwest City Police Department’s Investigations Unit at about 1:08 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, responded to a call from the county medical examiner’s office regarding a child brought to the emergency room of Saint Anthony’s Midwest Hospital. The victim was transported to the hospital in a personal vehicle at about 11:28 a.m. and pronounced dead shortly after her arrival.
Medical personnel who treated the child told police she “had signs of rigor mortis and possible injuries internal and external.”