An accused child killer has been beaten in jail.
Five South Florida inmates beat up 53 year old Jorge Barahona as he slept because “of the nature of his pending charges.
A police report shows all five have been charged with battery by a detainee for the March 1 attack at the Miami-Dade County jail.
Barahona reportedly suffered bruises and a nosebleed in the attack.
The man is accused of killing his adopted 10-year-old daughter Nubia Barahona in February 2011, after investigators said he tortured the girl and her twin brother Victor for months.
Nubia's lifeless body was found soaked with chemicals in the back of Barahona's truck along I-95 in Palm Beach County. Victor Barahona was also in the truck, alive and suffering from chemical burns.
The children's mother, Carmen Barahona, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
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