LITTLE GIRL SKELETON IN ATTIC FALLS THRU CEILING

Published: May 28, 2021, 5 p.m.

b'The parents of a 10-year-old Arizona girl have been charged with murder after the girl\\u2019s remains were found in an attic after a house fire\\u2014 three years after the girl disappeared. An investigation began when an 11-year-old girl called police and said she\\u2019d been left in her Phoenix home alone for two days and was hungry. Authorities said the girl reported that she\\u2019d been neglected and abused by her adoptive parents Maribel Loera, 51, and Rafael Loera, 57. She said that Maribel Loera was in Minnesota with two siblings, a 4-year-old boy, and a 9-year-old girl.\\n\\nThe girl told investigators that Maribel struck her with knotted extension cords, and officials said she had injuries that were consistent with being struck by a \\u201crope-like object.\\u201d She also told officials she had an older sister who vanished in 2017. She said that Maribel told her the girl was adopted and sent to Columbia, but Rafael said she was sent to Mexico.\\n\\nPhoenix police officers who responded to the call said the home was in \\u201cdisarray\\u201d and ahs feces on the floor. While fighting the fire, the child\'s remains fell out of the attic.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJoining Nancy Grace today:Daphne\\xa0Young\\xa0- National Chief Communications Officer, www.Childhelp.org,\\xa0@childhelp,\\xa0Melissa Hoppmeyer - Chief, Special Victims & Family Violence Unit, Prince George\'s County State\'s Attorney\'s Office, Co-Founder of Right Response Consulting, "No Grey Zone" Podcast, www.rightresponseconsulting @NoGreyZoneRRC\\xa0Dr.\\xa0Bethany\\xa0Marshall\\xa0- Psychoanalyst,\\xa0www.drbethanymarshall.com, New Netflix show: \'Bling\\xa0Empire\'Dan Scott - Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff\\u2019s Sergeant, 26 years with Special Victims Bureau Specializing in Child AbuseDr. Michelle Dupre - Forensic Pathologist and former Medical Examiner, Author: \\u201cHomicide Investigation Field Guide\\u201d & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Ret. Police Detective Lexington County Sheriff\\u2019s DepartmentMary Jo Pitzl (PIT-zul) - Senior Reporter, The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com covering child well being and at-risk kids,\\xa0www.azcentral.com\\xa0@maryjpitzl'