Updated, 5:12 p.m.: The mother of Bella Bond — formerly known as Baby Doe — and the mother's boyfriend appeared in a Dorchester court Monday, charged with accessory to murder and murder, respectively.
Michael McCarthy is being held without bail, while Rachelle Bond is being held on $1 million bail.
The arraignment of McCarthy and Bond for the murder of Bella Bond was intense, starting with a warning from the judge about any outbursts. As 2-year-old Bella Bond's last hours were detailed by prosecutors, a woman yelled at the couple, "I hope you rot in hell." She was rushed out by court officers.
Bella Bond was found in a trash bag on Deer Island in Boston Harbor in June, prompting a nationwide search for her identity. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office says McCarthy entered Bella's room to calm her when she wouldn't sleep. Rachelle Bond then found McCarthy with his hand on Bella's abdomen, with her face reddened and swollen. The pair used a large amount of heroin before McCarthy dumped Bella's body in the water by the Seaport District. Bond, the DA's office says, called the baby a "demon."
Chyna Brown, who identified herself as a neighbor, and said she came to this hearing for Bella, says she always had a bad feeling about McCarthy.
"He was very scary," she said. "I would be totally afraid to see him and very uncomfortable around him. He was always strung out, looked dead to me."
McCarthy and Bond are due back in court October 20.
UPDATED: 10: 16 a.m. 21 Sept. 2015 :
A Massachusetts judge has ordered the mother of Baby Doe to be held on $1 million cash bond and the mother's boyfriend to be held without bail.
Rachelle Bond is the mother of 2-year-old Bella Bond, who was found dead in a trash bag washed up on a Boston Harbor island on June 25. Her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, is charged with killing Bella.
Bond is charged as an accessory after the fact.
Bond's lawyer had asked the judge to set a $250 cash bail and allow her to be under house arrest and with an electronic bracelet. That comment drew murmurs and snickers from people in the courtroom.
Earlier during Monday's arraignment, a woman was escorted out of the courtroom after she yelled at Bond: "I hope you rot in hell!"
PREVIOUSLY: More details on what happened to a 2-year-old Boston girl investigators dubbed "Baby Doe" are expected when two people charged in the case appear in court.
Thirty-five-year-old Michael McCarthy is charged with killing Bella Bond, the daughter of his live-in girlfriend. Bella's mother, 40-year-old Rachelle Bond, is charged as an accessory after the fact. They were charged Friday after investigators got a tip in the 3-month-old case. They're being arraigned Monday morning.
Millions of people viewed a composite image created from Bella's remains after they were found washed up on a Boston-area beach June 25.
Bella's biological father, Joseph Amoroso, said in media interviews over the weekend that Bond told him McCarthy killed their child because he believed she was possessed by demons.
Prosecutors and attorneys for McCarthy and Bond haven't commented.
