--- description: The girl's name was Bella Bond and she was about to turn 3 title: Mother Arrested After 'Baby Doe' Found on Boston Beach Is Identified image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mother Arrested After 'Baby Doe' Found on Boston Beach Is Identified by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:54 AM CUTPublished: Sep 18, 2015 2:49 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:54 AM CUTPublished: Sep 18, 2015 2:49 PM CUT Authorities have identified a little girl known as “Baby Doe” whose body was found in a trash bag on a Boston beach three months ago, and her mother and mother’s boyfriend will be charged in her death, officials said Friday. The girl’s name was Bella Bond, officials said. She was just 2 1/2 years old, the prosecutor said. Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said the mother’s boyfriend, Michael Patrick McCarthy will be charged with Bella’s murder. The child’s mother, Rachelle Bond, has been arrested for allegedly being an accessory after the fact. “This child, whose very name means beauty, was… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baby-doe-boston-identified-person-arrested-report-n429751?cid=par-time-article%5F20150918 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/"},"headline":"Mother Arrested After 'Baby Doe' Found on Boston Beach Is Identified","datePublished":"2015-09-18T14:49:36.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T01:54:26.000Z","description":"The girl's name was Bella Bond and she was about to turn 3","url":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/","keywords":["Crime","Boston","Massachusetts"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/","name":"Mother Arrested After 'Baby Doe' Found on Boston Beach Is Identified"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Department Of Justice Pledges To Focus On White-Collar Crime","description":"The Department of Justice is cracking down on white-collar crime after years of criticism.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/hveOtzES/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-10T14:10:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hveOtzES.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/","duration":"PT1M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4040123/baby-doe-identity/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```