The Monroe County Medical Examiner took the stand today in the murder trial of Erica Bell, giving more testimony on the nature of the injuries inflicted on the three-year-old victim, Brooke Stagles. Stagles died of a ruptured intestine, according to the prosecution, after Bell punched her in the stomach. The defense is blaming Bell’s boyfriend, […]
The preliminaries are over in the murder trial of Erica Bell, and testimony begins tomorrow in Monroe County Court. Bell is accused of second degree murder in the beating death of three-year-old Brooke Stagles. Prosecutor Patrick Gallagher said he’ll show that Bell admitted in jail phone calls to beating the little girl. The defense says […]
The two people charged in the death of three-year-old Brooke Stagles will go on trial May 15th, 2017. The girl’s father, Michael Stagles, is charged with criminally negligent homicide for failing to get his daughter to medical care after she was critically injured. Erica Bell is charged with murder and manslaughter for allegedly beating Brooke […]