A Massachusetts man has been convicted of second-degree murder Monday in the 2015 death of 2-year-old “Baby Doe,” after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island, sparking a month-long investigation to identify her. Michael McCarthy was found guilty of second-degree murder Monday in the death of 2-year-old Bella Bond, whose remains were found in a trash bag two years ago near Boston. Suffolk County prosecutors argued McCarthy, the then-boyfriend of Bella’s mother Rachelle Bond, killed Bella and then put her body in a trash bag and dumped it into the water near Shore Island. RELATED: Michael McCarthy convicted of 2nd-degree murder in death of Bella Bond

Rachelle Bond was to be sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in February to being an accessory after the fact in the death of her daughter, Bella Bond. McCarthy will be sentenced Wednesday and Bond will be sentenced Thursday to an expected term of time followed by probation, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. BOSTON (WHDH) — After nearly 24 hours of deliberating, a verdict has been reached in the trial of a man accused killing a 2-year-old girl, whose body was found stuffed in a trash bag on a Deer Island beach in 2015. For months she was known only as “Baby Doe” as investigators worked on identifying the toddler, following hundreds of tips that poured in from across the region.
Michael P. McCarthy (ex-boyfriend of Bella's mother) is found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Bella Bond.