Four indicted in North Texas teen's forced abortion, burning of stillborn baby

Sharon Lee Jones, 45, has been charged with engaging in organized crime for taking part in the brutal beating and forced abortion of a then-14-year-old girl who gave birth to a stillborn baby in 2013. Sharon Lee Jones, 45, has been charged with engaging in organized crime for taking part in the brutal beating and forced abortion of a then-14-year-old girl who gave birth to a stillborn baby in 2013. Photo: Dallas County Jail Photo: Dallas County Jail Image 1 of / 44 Caption Close Four indicted in North Texas teen's forced abortion, burning of stillborn baby 1 / 44 Back to Gallery

A grand jury in Dallas County has indicted four relatives in the forced abortion and brutal beating of a teenager in 2013.

The girl, 14-years-old at the time of the beating, had allegedly been raped by another family member, The Dallas Morning News and NBC DFW reported.

Lonnell McDonald, 27, Cecila McDonald, 25, Cedric Jones, 27, and Sharon Lee Jones, 45, have each been charged with engaging in organized crime for taking part in beating the girl, eight months pregnant at the time, according to Dallas County Jail records.

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An arrest affidavit said the family had learned that the girl was pregnant in 2013 and gave her multiple doses of emergency contraception and birth control pills to abort the baby, NBC DFW reported.

When that failed, the suspects allegedly beat her for six hours straight to abort the child, the news station reported.

Sharon Jones told the girl that "you ain't about to get my kids taken away from me" as Lonnell McDonald laughed and sat on her stomach, "repeatedly bouncing up and down" while the other suspects allegedly kicked and punched the girl's stomach, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The girl told police that she suffered extreme pain, but that the suspects stopped beating her after she started bleeding heavily and that she gave birth to the stillborn baby two hours later.

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The suspects then burned the 8-month-old stillborn on a charcoal grill to dispose of the evidence, NBC DFW reported.

The girl first told police about the incident in May and is now in the custody of Child Protective Services, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Robert Joseph Cayald, 22, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, but has not been indicted, the newspaper reported.

The five suspects are each being held in Dallas County Jail on a $150,000 bond.

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