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23-month-old girl dies after being sexually assaulted and brutally beaten by mother's boyfriend

25-year-old Michael Disporto is being tried on charges of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree murder of Ariana Smyth days before her second birthday in July 2016
UPDATED FEB 4, 2019

Father of the 23-month-old girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered testified on Thursday at the trial of the man accused of carrying out the heinous crime. 

Robert Smyth Jr. told jurors how he had to pull his daughter off life support three days after he kissed her goodbye as she went to stay with her mother Amber Bobo, 28. Michael Disporto, 25, the mother’s boyfriend of two weeks, is being tried on charges of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree murder of Ariana Smyth days before her second birthday in July 2016.

Baby Ariana was found to have sustained multiple injuries to her head, arm, back and genitals. Michael has strongly maintained his innocence and claims that the little child injured herself while at the park, according to Daily Mail.

Robert Smyth Jr. and daughter Ariana
(Source: Facebook)
Robert Smyth Jr. and daughter Ariana
(Source: Facebook)
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