California parents and grandma set up child torture TEAM to abuse girl, 11, to death by beating her for putting too much cereal on spoon and looking around while eating, prosecutors say

The adoptive parents and grandparents of an 11-year-old California girl worked together to torture and torment her until she died, prosecutors allege.

Arabella McCormack was found by paramedics at her San Diego County home in such an emaciated condition that she weighed less than she did at the age of five.

The girl was covered in cuts, bruises and still-healing fractures. Her adoptive parents Leticia and Brian McCormack called 911 and said Arabella had choked on chicken broth.

Paramedics say they found Arabella on the ground without a pulse, and a deputy at the scene reported that the girl looked like “a corpse with skin stretched over it.”

She died less than 10 hours later in the hospital in August 2022. When sheriffs arrived at the home, Border Patrol agent Brian McCormack shot himself.

Leticia McCormack is pictured in San Diego County Court accused of murder

Adella Tom, the mother of Leticia McCormack (left) and her husband Stanley Tom. The pair are accused of being involved in the abuse

His wife and her parents, Stanley and Adella Tom, were arrested in October 2022 and have now all been charged with murder. Brian McCormack was considered by prosecutors to have been part of the abuse and would have been charged had he not committed suicide.

Prosecutors filed an amended complaint against the trio this week, alleging they worked as a team to abuse Arabella.

They claim the three “worked as a team to create an environment of torment, pain, suffering, violence and fear” for Arabella and her two younger sisters, who were six and seven years old when Arabella died.

The three girls were placed in foster care when their mother Torriana Florey, who suffered from bipolar episodes, could no longer care for them.

The girl’s first name is “Aarabella,” according to her biological mother. The child’s name appears as “Arabella” in provincial records.

Arabella McCormack was taken out of school, homeschooled and abused from her adoption until her death in August 2022

Arabella McCormack’s adoptive family abused her and her sisters for years

Leticia and Brian McCormack’s adoption was formalized in 2019 and the abuse began immediately, prosecutors say.

At one point during an after-school program, Brian McCormack dragged Arabella to the ground – in front of school staff – to try to see if she had candy in her pockets.

Arabella was taken out of school and all three girls were homeschooled.

The McCormacks were obsessed with their food, weight and behavior.

Leticia McCormack, an elder at a megachurch in California, allegedly told her father to give Arabella “no chances” when she ate her cereal, that “her spoon should not bunch up” and “need to be almost level,” according to the report. complaint filed by prosecutors, obtained by The San Diego Union Tribune.

Two days later, the girl was forced to exercise while wearing plastic bags and wet clothes, the complaint said.

Days later, Brian McCormack punched her for “overloading” her spoon and “looking around” while eating, the complaint alleges.

Torriana Florey, Arabella’s mother, is seen in her latest photo with her daughter. The little girl and her two sisters were placed in foster care when their bipolar birth mother could no longer care for them

Brian McCormack, a Border Patrol agent, is pictured at left receiving an award for his service. He shot himself when the sheriffs arrived

The girls had to exercise excessively, sometimes running up and down stairs.

They were not allowed to go to the toilet and were forced to urinate and defecate on themselves.

Brian McCormack encouraged his wife to let one of the girls sit in her own trash, saying, “She could (expletive) get sick in there in weeks.” Bella will be ready soon and we only have two more to worry about.”

The three girls were beaten with paddles and sticks and left with broken bones.

The two surviving girls suffer from lasting ill health as a result of hunger and abuse.

A civil lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Arabella’s sisters, alleging that various agencies, organizations and employees failed to report possible abuse.

According to the lawsuit, the surviving sisters suffered from a syndrome that develops after prolonged starvation.

The three adults will appear in court on January 30 for a status hearing: All three face 46 years to life in prison if convicted of all charges.