reporter: after nearly three months of investigation, baby doe finally has a name. bella bond. bella! happy 2nd birthday, monkey! yay! happy 2nd birthday! whoo! reporter: this is bella at her 2nd birthday. friday, authorities revealed she s the mystery toddler whose composite picture captivated millions when she was found wrapped in a trash bag on a boston shore in june. and the tragedy of her death is compounded by the fact that her short life ended not by illness or accident, but we believe, by an act of violence, in the very place where she should have felt safest. in her home. reporter: authorities had determined earlier this year from pollen on her polka dot pants that baby doe was likely from the boston area. according to officials, it was a tip this week that led them on an intense 24-hour search, resulting in the arrest of
sara, what are these new details telling us about her death? sorry, we lost sara ganim there. she s outside that house. we ll come back to her later. here is her report. her name was bella. reporter: after nearly three months of investigation, baby doe finally has a name. bella bond. bella! happy 2nd birthday, monkey! yay! happy 2nd birthday! whoo! reporter: this is bella at her 2nd birthday. friday, authorities revealed she s the mystery toddler whose composite picture captivated millions, when she was found wrapped in a trash bag on a boston shore in june. and the tragedy of her death is compounded by the fact that her short life ended not by illness or accident, but we believe by an act of violence, in the very place where she should have felt safest. in her home. reporter: authorities had
happy 2nd birthday, monkey, yay, whew! this is bella at her 2nd birthday. friday, authorities revealed she is the mystery toddler whose composite picture captivated millions when she was found wrapped in a trash bag on a pawn shore in june. and the tragedy of her death is compounded by the fact that her short life ended not by illness or accident but we believe by an act of violence in the very place where she had where she should have felt safest, in her home. authorities had determined earlier this year from pollen on her polka dot pants that baby doe was likely from the boston area. according to officials, it was a tip this week that led them on an intense 24 hour search, resulting in the arrest of michelle s mother, michelle bond and her boyfriends, michael mccarthy. mccarthy charged with murder, bonds charged with accessory after the fact. we allege that mccarthy
from outside the home where baby bella lived. . sarah, what are the new details you re learning about her death? what are police saying? reporter: disturbing details, jim. we re learning that bella was punched by her mother s boyfriend, mike mccarthy. he s now been charged with her murder. we re also learning from a law enforcement source that the tip that finally came into police to help them identify baby bella, to give that girl a name, that came from someone who was living with the family, who asked bella s mother, rachelle bond, where s bella? and her mother s response was that bella was dead. her name was bella. reporter: after nearly three months of investigation, baby doe finally has a name. bella bond. bella! happy 2nd birthday, monkey! yay! yay! happy 2nd birthday! whoo! reporter: this is bella at her second birthday. friday, authorities revealed she s the mystery toddler whose
yea! whoo! friday, they revealed she is the mystery toddler whose composite picture captivated millions. the tragedy of her death is compounded by the fact that her short life ended not by illness or accident but we believe by an act of violence. in the very place where she should have felt safest, in her home. authorities had determined earlier this year from pollen on her polka dot pants that baby doe was likely from the boston air kra. it was a tip that led them on an intense 24-hour search resulting in the arrest of bella s mother, rochelle bond and her boyfriend, michael mccarthy. mccarthy, charged with murder and bond charged with accessory after the fact. we allege that mccarthy caused bella s death. he did so intentionally. he and bond.