Disturbing testimony reveals months of abuse in death of 14-year-old Goshen girl

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Disturbing caller details unfolded successful a Tulare County courtroom connected Monday successful the preliminary proceeding for 2 men, 51-year-old Raymond Pena, and 65-year-old Brett Minkler.

The Goshen begetter and gramps were arrested successful March of past twelvemonth for the decease and intersexual maltreatment of a 14-year-old girl.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says the miss died successful the infirmary connected January 16, 2024, aft her household recovered her unresponsive.

In court, detectives testified to having 5 months' worthy of surveillance video.

Including the moments the teen was past seen moving connected camera.

"At 6:06, you tin spot the unfortunate lifting her manus and holding an entity that appears to beryllium her phone, a compartment phone. At 6:07, the unfortunate knocks a tiny instrumentality implicit that is adjacent to her idiosyncratic and astatine 6:14, you tin spot the unfortunate lifting her elbows," Detective Haro.

Investigators accidental Pena and Minkler had besides been sexually abusing different 11-year-old girl.

She was a neighbour who would sojourn the location often.

"She admitted that she performed oral enactment connected Mr. Pena," says Detective Haro.

The moments were believed to beryllium seen successful the home's surveillance video.

The defence cross-examined Detective Haro and questioned the video.

They besides pointed retired their past interaction.

Deputies accidental they got a telephone from a young miss astatine the residence, having a hard clip breathing, but accidental the suspects told deputies a miss wasn't there.

Hours later, the men called officers backmost to the location aft the unfortunate was unresponsive.

The 2 suspects volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal for an arraignment connected Tuesday, December 2.

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