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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/megachurch-leader-charged-starving-torturing-28661390

Megachurch leader charged with starving and torturing adopted daughter, 11, to death

Leticia McCormack was a leader at the Rock Church in San Diego, but all record of her has been scrubbed from the website since she was accused of murdering young Arabella McCormack

By Charlie Jones News Reporter

20:47, 5 Dec 2022

A leader at a megachurch has been charged with torturing her three adopted daughters and killing one of the girls.  Leticia McCormack, 49, faces accusations of child abuse, torture and murder.  She was a leader at Rock Church, a megachurch based in California led by former NFL player Miles McPherson but her profile has been removed from the church's website.  Leticia McCormack and her husband, Brian McCormack fostered the three girls in 2017 before adopting them in 2019.  According to court documents, Ms McCormack, along with her parents Stanley and Adella Tom, severely abused the children, hitting them with sticks and paddles.  The documents also claim they would stop the children from using the bathroom and would refuse them food and water.  In August one of the girls, Arabella McCormack was rushed to hospital.  The court documents say she was extremely malnourished and weighed just 48 lbs (22kg) when she died.  She was also recovering from 15 fracturing sustained in the months before her death.  An investigation was launched and when police came to speak to Brian McCormack he fatally shot himself.  According to the District Attorney prosecuting the case, text messages between Leticia and Brian have been uncovered which showed Brian believed Arabella "was starving to death and he believed she was going to die."

It is being argued that Leticia was the "ringleader" of the abuse against the girls but they all Brian, Leticia, Stanley and Adella Tom "worked together to starve" the girls.  All three have been charged with child abuse and torture. Leticia and Stanley were also charged with murder.  Leticia's attorney argued she should be granted bail because "there is no evidence to support an argument that she poses a danger to the public."

It was denied.  Adella's attorney told the judge that, because of her advanced age (70), she "does not represent a danger to the community."

Stanley forfeited his right to challenge his bail being denied.

Cocobean

Terrible story, and there are mothers who are 'persuaded' to surrender just because they are poor or young.