hearings that will be held later this week on the radicalization of muslim americans. protesters told our susan candiotti they feel these hearings will demonize muslims. and incite fear against all musli muslims. man accused of beating the being the east coast rapist is said to be fine after allegedly attempting to kill himself. police say 39-year-old aaron thomas tried hang himself in his jail cell. the police are also saying that dna evidence links thomas to 12 sexual assaults on women in several east coast states in the past dozen years. an arrest in a horrific case out of florida. police arrested the adoptive mother of a little girl who was found dead and wrapped in a plastic bag. carmen barajona is chargeded with first-degree murder and seven counts of child abuse and neglect. the child s body was found last month in a truck owned by her adoptive father.
right now there s this family court hearing happening. what are you learning today? reporter: yeah. and as you pointed out, some very, very gruesome details. and more coming out at this family court hearing today, which was held in miami. a circuit court judge. the mother, carmen barajona, he was at this hearing as well. she came in, she had her face covered throughout the entire as she walked in and sat down. let s put it this way. there are two other kids involved as well. they in all adopted four children, ages 7 to 11 years old. the one boy and his twin sister. the boy and his twin sister and two others unrelated to them. now, those two children were taken from the home by police late on monday, and the hearing was held today to determine whether they should be removed and put back into foster care. we re still waiting to hear what happens there. but at this hearing today, the
disturbing testimony that came out was from some of it that the boy and his sister were bound, their hands bound and were only the ties only taken off for them to eat. the sister was treated even worse, was locked in the bathroom for the entire day. yes. now, a call went to a hotline, to the abuse hotline at the department of children and families on the 10th of february. on the 11th an investigator went to the house, but only talked to the mother. that was last friday. didn t see the kids, didn t talk to the kids. at this point we have no idea if the little girl was still alive at that point. the judge asked, well, how come you didn t talk to the children? right. reporter: and the investigator said i was going to go back on monday. and the judge says you don t work on weekends? and she said no, i wasn t allowed her response was she was not allowed to do that. so at this point we still do not
know when the little girl died or how she died. the medical examiner still has to unravel that mystery. but just underline to underscore your point, that call came in about the duct tape days prior to thissin dent. reporter: right. who picked up the phone and called that hotline? reporter: here s what s interesting about that. apparently carmen barajona, jorge s wife, has a biological daughter and biological 7-year-old granddaughter. the granddaughter was told, hush up, don t tell about the family s secret. but she did tell other friends about it. and some one of her friends or a parent made the call to children and family services about, hey, you need to go see what s going on at this house. and so that s why the investigator was sent out. so it was the biological granddaughter, according to testimony today, that spilled the beans. so what about we have to ask, what about this 10-year-old boy who according to this probable cause affidavit was