Woman helped boyfriend bury her daughter after he beat the toddler to death

Alexis Botello

Alexis Botello, 17,  and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Joshua Beard, are behind bars after Beard beat the toddler to death and the couple hid the toddler’s body.

Police responded to a hotel where the couple were staying after Beard’s aunt called to report the child, Tylea Moore, was missing. When police interviewed Botello, she initially stated she hadn’t seen her child in two days.

Police weren’t buying it and after further questioning, Botello admitted Tylea was dead. She said that Beard, her boyfriend of a few months, had beat the little girl to death but “didn’t mean to do it.”

Here’s what she says happened, you be the judge:

Botello said she and Beard were fighting over Beard pushing and yelling at Tylea. Beard allegedly hit the girl repeatedly and threw Tylea on the bed so hard that she bounced off and landed on the floor. That’s when Botello said he stomped on her stomach until she puked up green stuff.

When Botello checked on her daughter in the morning, she said Tylea “looked awful” and had bruises on her ribs, chest, arms, legs and tops of her feet. She also had bite marks all over her and two cuts on her mouth. She was also unresponsive. After they both tried CPR on the toddler without success, they did the only logical thing they could…

They put the dead girl in the trunk of a car and drove to Walmart where they bought gloves and shovels. From there they drove to a bridge in Springtown where they chucked Tylea’s body in a hole they dug. Investigators have recovered human remains, but have not confirmed whether they belong to Tylea.

Beard, who was already in jail for marijuana possession and speeding, is now facing a capital murder charge. He’s currently in the Arlington jail on a $1 million bail. Botello is facing charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and injury to a child. Her bail has been set at $125,000.

Culled from Dreamindemon