Killing of Rebekah Baptiste

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Rebekah Baptiste was a 10-year-old American girl who died on July 30, 2025, three days after being found unresponsive and seriously injured in rural Holbrook, Arizona. Her father Richard Baptiste and his fiancée Anicia Woods have been charged with her murder, kidnapping, and abuse. The Arizona Department of Child Services (DCS) had received at least 12 reports concerning Rebekah and her family before her death. From 2019 to 2024, Rebekah and her two younger brothers lived in foster care until they were returned to their father. In October 2024, Rebekah escaped from her family's apartment in Phoenix and asked for help from a clerk at a gas station, who called 911. She was taken to the hospital for a bloody lip and bruises on her wrists and feet, but her father and Woods claimed her injuries were self-inflicted. The report filed with the DCS was closed a month later, in which it was claimed no evidence of abuse was found.

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