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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Father jailed for the torture, rape and murder of his 10-year-old daughter commits suicide

"Domingo Ferreira, 53, was discovered hanging in his cell at the Curran-Frumhold Correctional Facility around 3:10 a.m.... Ferreira and his wife, Margarita Garabito, 43, both were charged this week after the death on Wednesday of Ferreira's 10-year-old daughter, Charleeni Ferreira... Charleeni had numerous old and fresh wounds and she had been sexually assaulted. She died from an infection stemming from untreated broken ribs. She also had a fractured hip that caused the fifth grader to limp. Police described her life at her Feltonville home as an "ongoing torture" at the hands of her father and stepmother..." http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091025_Father_charged_in_death_of_abused_girl_found_dead_in_jail.html

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Oct 26, 2009
 said...
Mom apparently lived in Puerto Rico. I jcan ust about bet she sent her daughter to Philly thinking she'd have a better life. This isn't the only case like this. There was also a case of a Jamaican mom who sent her daughter to dad and stepmom in Canada. That girl was also tortured and killed.

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