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South Bend police rescue 7-year-old malnourished girl that weighed just 26 pounds

Aldo Rodrigo Aranda (left) and Maria Benitez (Photos supplied/St. Joseph County Jail)

South Bend arrested two parents after allegedly discovering a 7-year-old girl that weighed only 26 pounds.

In fact, the child is expected to be at a local hospital for several months after police discovered her during a welfare check on Sunday, May 13. Court documents say that the child was locked in her room for long periods of time.

30-year-old Aldo Rodrigo Aranda is also accused of threatening 29-year-old Maria Benitez with a knife, beating her with a belt, and not allowing her to leave the house. She claims he controls her and can’t properly care for her three children.

The home they live in reportedly had a lot of trash and cockroaches, but very little food.

Aranda is charged with three neglect of a dependent charges and criminal confinement. Benitez is facing the same three neglect charges.

ABC 57 has more details on the 7-year-old child and the state she was in when police discovered her. Warning: their story contains details that are disturbing.

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1 comment

My wife says I am too synical? May 21, 2018 at 7:33 am

They are just trying to live the American Dream right? I am sure they are just wonderful people and we just don’t understand their culture. We Americans need to embrace these differences!!! We can already discern from this story that they were not wasting any food. I am going to burn in Hell aren’t I?

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