The search for Janet and Ramon Barreto began when they skipped bail in 2009 on manslaughter and child abuse charges. They were arrested on Aug. 12 (local time) after a tip led authorities to a shopping mall in Portland, Oregon.
The couple left two-year-old Ena Barreto at a northern Mississippi hospital in 2008, telling the medical staff she had fallen from a shopping cart, authorities said. The girl died after she was taken to a children's hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Barretos were jailed in Portland and awaiting extradition to Mississippi. A Marshals spokesman didn't know whether they had an attorney.
By Ruchi Singh
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