APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — A California couple is accused of abusing and killing a 4-year-old child earlier this week, authorities said.
According to a news release from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, the girl’s father, Isaiah Rumph, 24, and his girlfriend, Charity Staffieri, 22, both of Apple Valley, were arrested on suspicion of assaulting the child and causing her death.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home at 9:35 p.m. PDT on Tuesday after receiving a 911 call about a child not breathing, the Victorville Daily Press reported.
Emergency responders took the girl to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the newspaper.
A coroner’s office investigator determined that the child had “numerous injuries indicative of child abuse,” KABC-TV reported.
Officials with the sheriff’s department did not reveal the identity of the child’s mother, according to the Daily Press.
Rumph and Staffieri were booked into the Central Detention Center, according to the sheriff’s department’s news release. They were later transferred to the West Valley Detention Center, where bail was set at $500,000 each.
Deputies said the investigation was ongoing.
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