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Newly released bodycam footage offers a chilling glimpse into the moment first responders discovered 10-year-old Rebekah Baptiste unresponsive in the Arizona desert on July 27th. Her father, Richard Baptiste, and his girlfriend, Anicia Woods, now face first-degree murder charges amid allegations of years of abuse, neglect, and trauma.
newly released body cam footage officers a chilling glimpse into the moments first responders discovered 10 year old Rebekah Babtiste unresponsive in the Arizona desert.
her father Richard Baptiste his girlfriend,Anicia Woods.
they now face first-degree murder charges.
as prosecutors alleged that Rebekah endure years of severe abuse and neglect, includng physical injuries , malnutrition,signs of sexual abuse .
making this scene even more horrifying.
we are going to break down the footage that captures the tense, frantic attempts to save this little girl’s live
and the harrowing questioning of her parents as they struggling to explain how she ended up in the desert alive one moment and trgicaly gone next.
early this month , a devestating story of 10 year old Rebekah Baptste, a young girl that prosecutors say suffered years of abuse and neglect before her tragic death in july and prosecutors say this is all at the hands of her own caretakers.
her father , 32 year old Richard Baptiste, and his girlfriend 29 year old Anicia wood, are now facing first-degree murder charges after Rebekah was found unresponsive near a highway in Hollbrok, Arizona.
now,to recap,prosecutors allege that Rebekah severely dehydrated malnourished,missing toenails, bore injuries that they say were the result of phyiscal abuse, sexual abuse,prolonged torture.
in fact , law and crime obtained a 33 pages incident report from Navajo county Sheriff’s office.
detailing law enforcement’s interactions with Richard Baptiste and Anicia woods, along with graphic documentation of the injuries that prosecutors alleged stemmed from sustained abuse .
But back on july 27th,Woods apperently made a chilling 911 phone call .
pleading for help as they rush this girl toward town .and on the line with dispatchers, Woods explained that the family lived in the desert and was racing Rebekah into hollbrook.
and moments later ,first responders met the couple on the roadside. wild story.
first responders,they tried desperately to revive this little girl and they they pressed Baptiste and Woods for anwsers , asking how long she had been unconsicous and why CPR.
as first responders rush Rebekah to a waiting truck for treatment,officers then turn they’re focus on her father.they press Richard Baptiste about the timeline.
how neighbors found thisgirl in the desert and why she was she was already unresponsive when she was brought home.
while paramedics workded on Rebekah,officers also turn their attention to the other children. sitting quietly in the back off a patrol vehicle,they described to police what they saw that morning.
and as detectives continues their questioning, they are pressing these adults on her care,on her schooling,her history of running away.
both Richard Baptiste and Anicia Woods,they describe these past incidents, including times that the 10 year old had even apparently jumped from windows to escape.
here’s the thing .as the questioning continues,officers learn ,this isnt’t the first time state agencies have been involved.
the parents admit that this little girl had prior DCS cases including time spent on a psychiatric hold , and that custody had only recently been returned.
now in the end , medical professionals determined that 10 year old Rebekah Baptiste suffered catastrophic brain damage from bleeding and swelling, no detectable brain activity .
she was placed on life support until she died on july 30th. following the investigation,Woods Baptiste, they now face murder and child abuse charges in connection with Rebekah’s death.
and they are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on september 4th ,2025 .in Apache county .