Transcript details abuse of dead child

MIAMI, March 1 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old Florida girl found dead last month suffered severe abuse at the home of her adopted parents, a transcript released by authorities indicates.

The transcript of a call to a child abuse hot line details how Nubia Barahona and her twin brother Victor spent most of their days in a bathtub with their arms and legs bound with tape, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.

The 6-year-old granddaughter of Carmen and Jorge Barahona told a school counselor that her grandmother only untied the twins for meals.

The counselor alerted the Florida Department of Children and Family Services Feb. 10 and police were called.

Jorge Barahona, 53, was apprehended Feb. 14 after a road ranger found him passed out in the back of his truck in West Palm Beach.

Nubia's twin, Victor, was in the truck suffering from severe chemical burns. The decomposing corpse of Nubia was later discovered stuffed in a garbage bag inside the truck.

Barahona remains in the Palm Beach County Jail on charges of attempted murder and aggravated child abuse. Carmen Barahona hasn't been charged.

Last week police dug up chunks of the Barahona's backyard after a neighbor complained of a "death" smell.