Bella Bond

BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl who became known as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island. Michael McCarthy was charged in the 2015 killing of Bella Bond...

(Associated Press) - The body of a 2-year-old girl dubbed Baby Doe after her remains were found in a plastic bag on a Boston Harbor beach has been released to her father. Joseph Amoroso is planning a private funeral and burial for Bella Bond...

(Associated Press) - Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a $328 million spending bill. The supplemental budget includes nearly $28 million for opioid treatment and prevention programs. It deposits $120 million into the state's rainy day fund and sets aside $113 million to help pay down the state debt...

(Associated Press) - A report says Massachusetts' child protection agency was premature in closing neglect cases involving Bella Bond, the toddler who was known for months as ``Baby Doe'' after her remains washed up on a Boston Harbor beach...

(Associated Press) - A judge has ruled that a mother and boyfriend charged in the death of a 2-year-old girl whose body washed up on a Boston Harbor beach can have their own autopsy conducted on her remains. Rachelle Bond and Michael McCarthy were charged last month...

Gov. Charlie Baker is ordering several policy changes at the Massachusetts' embattled child welfare agency after a series of high-profile cases including that of Bella Bond, the toddler known to the world for months as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the Boston Harbor shoreline...

Gov. Charlie Baker says the state must update the way it handles investigations of child abuse or neglect if it hopes to avoid more cases like the death of 2-year-old Bella Bond. Baker said Tuesday one of his top priorities is revamping the intake policy for the Department of Children and Families...

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo plans to ask the Department of Children and Families for an update on their policies following the death of 2-year-old Bella Bond, which he said exposed ``broader failures within the system.'' DeLeo said he wants DCF to give House lawmakers details on actions they've taken since the 2013 case of Jeremiah Oliver, a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy who went missing f

A Massachusetts judge has ordered the mother of Baby Doe to be held on $1 million cash bond and the mother's boyfriend to be held without bail. Rachelle Bond is the mother of 2-year-old Bella Bond, who was found dead in a trash bag washed up on a Boston Harbor island on June 25...