Bullhead City Couple Arrested After Their Newborn Baby Dies From "Brutal" Sexual Attack

James King June 16, 2010 4:27PM

UPDATE: the Mohave County Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty for alleged baby-rapers. Click here for details.

A Bullhead City couple was arrested yesterday after their 1-month-old baby died as a result of what police are calling a "brutal sexual assault."

Bullhead City police spokeswoman Emily Montague tells New Times police believe the baby was "raped" by his parents, 19-year-old Staci Lynn Barbosa and 23-year-old Jonathan Edward Vandergriff.

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