A couple accused of leaving their severely injured two-year-old daughter at a hospital and keeping their other adopted children in putrid conditions were arrested after a five-year manhunt, authorities said.
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
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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