On the afternoon of Sunday, July 27, officers with the Holbrook Police Department responded to the intersection of Highway 77 and Highway 180 to investigate the report of an unresponsive 10-year-old girl. The girl had suffered severe physical injury and was allegedly in route to the hospital for treatment when police were called. The girl was transported to the Little Colorado Medical Center in Winslow and was then flown to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, July 30.
After a criminal investigation and the execution of several warrants, Richard Baptiste, 32, and Anicia Woods, 29, both of Hunt, were arrested by Apache County Sheriff’s Office deputies and each charged with first degree murder, kidnapping and three counts of child abuse. The suspects are being held without bond in the Apache County Jail. The case remains under investigation.
The Apache County Sheriff’s Office extends gratitude to the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, the Holbrook Police Department, the Phoenix Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety for their tireless efforts in solving this case.
