UPDATE / Autopsy Report, Teghan Skiba, 4 yr. old child left with mom's boyfriend

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This was the little girl who had been left living with mom's boyfriend, in
his grandparents shed. Mom went off to military duty, leaving this little
girl living in the shed without power or water/bathroom, etc.

Slain Smithfield girl died from head injury

Smithfield, N.C. - A 4-year-old Smithfield girl who died in July suffered
bleeding in her skull from blunt force head injuries, according to a report
released by the North Carolina Medical Examiner on Wednesday.

Teghan Skiba died July 19 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, three days after
she had been taken to a Smithfield hospital. She had cuts, lacerations, bite
marks, head trauma and sexual assault injuries, authorities said.

The medical examiner's report said the girl had suffered extensive abuse,
including beatings.

Authorities charged Jonathan Douglas Richardson, 21, of 750 Old Sanders Road
in Smithfield, with first-degree murder and child abuse in connection with
her death.

Skiba's mother, Helen Reyes, 26, of 5255 Passenger Place in Raleigh, is
charged with negligent child abuse in connection with her death.

Teghan had been living with her mother and Richardson in a barn on his
grandparents' property for four weeks before Reyes left her in his care on
July 6 to go to New Mexico for military training.

Investigators determined that the physical abuse of Teghan, which included
forcing her to consume alcohol, started before Reyes left town, Johnston
County Sheriff Steve Bizzell has said. So, she was aware of the situation in
which she was leaving her daughter, he said.

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