Grand jury indicts adoptive mother, grandparents in death of Spring Valley girl

Grand jury indicts adoptive mother, grandparents in death of Spring Valley girl

Aarabella McCormack tried to run away from her family’s Spring Valley home. Her little sister told a grand jury they both wanted out. Two years before Aarabella died at age 11, she briefly made it out. And when a good Samaritan spotted the little girl early one November morning, shoeless and carrying a backpack, the then-9-year-old pleaded not to be returned to her family. Testifying last October before the same San Diego Superior Court grand ju…

Grand jury indicts Spring Valley family in child abuse death

The criminal case is moving forward for three family members accused of murdering an adopted girl in August 2022 and torturing her sisters. A judge could pick a trial date as early as next month. Prosecutors say adoptive mother Leticia McCormack, along with her parents Adella and Stanley Tom, beat 11-year-old Arabella and her two younger sisters with paddles, deprived them of food and water, isolated them in their rooms, denied them access to ba…

Spring Valley girls top seed in Class AAAA Region 4 tournament

Spring Valley earned a top seed in Class AAAA, Region IV in the WVSSAC'sgirls high school basketball tournament brackets. Gone are sectional tournaments, replaced with regionals that send two teams to the state tournament March 11 in Charleston. All regional games are set for 7 p.m.