New evidence: Father mixed flavoring with bleach, fed it to Orange County girl, deputies say Relatives were able to save the young girl Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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MICHAEL DUBLIN TRYING TO SUFFOCATE THE GIRL. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN JOINS US LIVE. AND, BOB, YOU ALSO GOT NEW BODY CAMERA VIDEO. BOB: AND THE VIDEO IS VERY STRANGE. HE IS ACCUSED FORCING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER TO DRINK BLEACH. BOB: THIS BODY CAM VIDEO WAS BLURRED IN PARTS BY THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. BUT IT SHOWS THIS MAN, MICHAEL DUBLIN, EMOTIONLESS WHILE OTHERS AROUND HIM SCREAM. >> WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE FEMALE THAT COULDN’T BREATHE, THE LITTLE GIRL? SHE GOOD? BOB: THE 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS NOT FINE. SHE WAS LIFELESS OUTSIDE THE TANGELO PARK HOME IN MAY. WITNESSES TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT DUBLIN DIDN’T HAVE CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGHTER. HE WAS VISITING, AND OTHER KIDS THERE SAW HIM FORCING THE LITTLE GIRL TO DRINK BLEACH OUT OF A WATER BOTTLE, SHOWN IN THIS CRIME SCENE PHOTO. >> HE PUT BLEACH AND A FLAVOR PACKET IN THERE. HE SHAKE IT UP AND LET HER DRINK IT. PUT IT IN HER MOUTH. SHE’S HOLDING IT. HE PUT A PILLOW OVER HER HEAD AND THEN STARTED SUFFOCATING HER. BOB: THE CHILDREN SAID THEY TRIED TO STOP DUBLIN, BUT HE FORCED THEM OUT OF THE ROOM. >> I WALKED BACK THERE, AND HE WAS, LIKE, "GET OUT, WATCH OUT, GET OUT THE ROOM," AND HE CLOSED THE DOOR. BOB: FINALLY, RELATIVES GOT THE GIRL OUTSIDE AND PERFORMED CPR ON HER UNTIL SHE STARTED BREATHING AGAIN. SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS SAID DUBLIN IS BIPOLAR AND SCHIZOPHRENIC, BUT THEY ALSO BELIEVE THIS ATTACK ON HIS CHILD WAS SPARKED BY A CALL HE HAD WITH THE GIRL’S MOTHER EARLIER THAT DAY. SHE TOLD A DETECTIVE ABOUT THAT CALL, WHERE SHE TOLD DUBLIN SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GET BACK TOGETHER. >> HE WAS ASKING ME, DID HE HAVE TO BEG ME TO BE WITH HIM, AND THEN I TOLD HIM. AFTER THAT, I JUST BLOCKED HIM BOB: THIS HAPPENED IN MAY, BUT DUBLIN IS BEING HELD HERE AT THE JAIL ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. THE LITTLE GIRL DID SURVIVE THIS ATTACK COME AND IN COURT DOCUMENTS, THE MOTHER SAYS SHE IS ADJUSTING WELL AFTER BEING TREATED FOR THAT INC

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