Four Texas family members suspected of beating 14-year-old to abort baby

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By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Four members of a Texas family have been arrested on suspicion of beating a 14-year-old relative to induce an abortion two years ago after she had been raped by a member of the family, Dallas police said on Wednesday. The teenager eventually gave birth to a stillborn baby, whose body was thought to have been burned in a charcoal grill and buried at an unknown location, it said. The young girl told police she became pregnant after a sexual assault by a family member but was too embarrassed to report it to authorities. Police said the four relatives discovered the teenager was pregnant and used various methods to terminate the pregnancy out of fear that Child Protective Services would remove the other children living at the home.

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