Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A New Jersey mother and stepfather who lied to police that their daughter was hit by a car have now been charged with murder over her death, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → lie → death
India Miller, 27, and Sean Scott, 45, face murder charges after calling 911 last Tuesday to their Paulsboro home and claiming Maya Thomas, 9, had been struck by a vehicle.
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Thomas → face → vehicle
According to the Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew B Johns’ office, Scott had told police that Maya had been walking the family dog when she was apparently hit.
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she → accord → dog
Miller told police that she had heard a screeching noise outside before finding her daughter by a shed on the property.
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she → tell → property
The youngster was rushed to hospital where medical staff told investigators that the injuries she had sustained were not consistent with a vehicle crash and she died later that evening, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → rush → crash
Surveillance video from around the property also showed no traffic near the home during the alleged crash, prosecutors added.
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prosecutors → show → crash
The girl's four-year-old sibling also claimed to officers that Scott had hit Maya in her eyes and face.
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Scott → claim → eyes
Maya's cause of death was found to be multiple blunt force injuries and was ruled a homicide, an autopsy uncovered a series of horrific injuries.
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autopsy → find → injuries
Maya Thomas was rushed to hospital last week where she later died
Miller told police that she had heard a screeching noise outside before finding her daughter by a shed on the property, pictured here
Prosecutors said that both of her eyes showed signs of blunt force trauma with her left eye swollen shut, abrasions to her inner thigh and intimate parts, as well as a ruptured colon and multiple broken ribs.
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eye → rush → thigh
According to officials, some of her injuries were in various stages of healing, which they said suggested 'prolonged abuse.'
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they → accord → abuse
A search of the home also uncovered wet and bloodied children's clothes inside a bathtub.
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search → uncover → bathtub
Investigators also said they found blood on the tiles surrounding the bath as well as a number of cleaning supplies.
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they → say → supplies
A statement from the prosecutor's office added: 'Both Miller and Scott are charged with first-degree murder, first-degree accomplice to a murder, two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, fourth-degree making a fictitious report to police, and fourth-degree hindering prosecution.
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Miller → add → prosecution
Both defendants are being held at Salem County Jail.'
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defendants → hold → Jail
According to NJ.com, officials are also now investigating allegations that Maya was sexually abused.
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Maya → accord → allegations
A spokesperson for the state's Division of Child Protection and Permanency told the outlet that they are investigating the allegations after hospital staff found injuries around her vaginal area.
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staff → tell → area
The two are facing charges of murder, endangering the welfare of a child, making a factitious report to police and hindering prosecution, officials said
According to officials, some of her injuries were in various stages of healing, which they said suggested 'prolonged abuse.'
Lynn Miller, the girl's maternal grandmother, also told the outlet that she had raised Maya until she was seven in Las Vegas, before her daughter moved to New Jersey to live with Scott.
Not long after making the move, Lynn said her daughter cut off all communication and homeschooled Maya.
She claimed: 'They homeschooled her because they didn’t want anybody to see the bruises.'
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anybody → face → bruises
Miller and Scott are being held inside the Salem County Jail, they appeared for a hearing via video on Thursday and are due back in court later this month.
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they → hold → court
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