Girl, 10, abused in dungeon, step mom charged with her murder: cops

The foster mom of a 10-year-old girl who vanished weeks ago is now charged with her murder — and police alleged the tragic victim was abused in a “dungeon” before she was killed.Carprice Williams, a 36-year-old teacher, is charged with killing little Malayshia Alford, whose body was found late Wednesday night about 20 miles from her West Philadelphia home where she had last been seen alive on Oct.22, WPVI reported.She was arrested after investigators recovered surveillance footage that showed what they believe to be Malayshia’s body moved from the home into a vehicle around 2 a.m.

on Oct.26, the day she was reported as missing.Investigators then spoke with the driver who led them to Alford’s body across state lines in Lindenwold, New Jersey. “It was immediately apparent that she had been there for a while,” Assistant District Attorney Ashley Teslowski told reporters at a press conference Thursday.An autopsy conducted by the local medical examiner’s office determined Malayasi’s death to be a homicide caused by blunt force trauma.Police then charged Williams, Malayshia’s foster mother with her murder.Officials said they could not go into detail as what led to Malayshia’s murder, but revealed it appears she may have been abused.“We do have an indication that there were instances of abuse happening, and that items were used to carry out that abuse,” Toczylowski said.Ameer Barber, an activist for Philly-based community organization MOTIVATEYOUTH215, described Williams’ home as a “dungeon.”“They showed me the pictures and videos, it was a dungeon.

The backdoor was drilled shut, the basement door was drilled shut,” Barber told NBC Philadelphia.“Upstairs, it looked like there was a lot of foul play, I don’t know how the cops didn’t catch it.

It didn’t look right.”Williams initially reported that Malayshia did not return home from school and was not answering her phone, however investigators said there were conflicting accoun...