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Sexual assault on 4-year-old's corpse leads to arrest of two
By VINCE LOVATO and C.J. SCHEXNAYDER, STAFF WRITERS
ADELANTO -- Two employees of a company hired to transport corpses for the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office were arrested Friday afternoon, accused of sexually assaulting the body of a 4-year-old Adelanto girl.
Donald Luis Cooper Jr., 32, and Chaunee Marie Helm, 30, both of Hesperia and employees of All-County Transportation, were arrested on suspicion of mutilation of human remains, a felony.
Robyn Gillette, 4, suffered a seizure Wednesday night and died at Victor Valley Community Hospital in Victorville.
On Friday night the girl's mother, Kathleen Jones, 36, of Adelanto, said the day she learned what happened to her daughter, "was the longest day from hell."
"She was a loving child, always hugging and kissing, always smiling," the mother said. "She had the greatest little personality. She was happy all the time, always singing and dancing."
Jones said San Bernardino County sheriff's investigators told her the man was caught on videotape sexually assaulting her child's body in the morgue. The woman, she was told, acted as a lookout.
Sheriff's department spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said mutilation was the charge because the assault occurred after the child died, and not because there had been any other injury to the body.
San Bernardino County Coroner Brian McCormick described the incident as "horrendous and tragic."
"What has been described constitutes the grossest violation of trust and decency imaginable," he said in a written statement. "Our hearts go out to the family and we share their anger."
The county immediately suspended its use of the company pending a review of the case. All transportation of bodies will be conducted by coroner's officials. Officials with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said they also used the company to transport bodies and they were looking into any possible improprieties as well.
According to the family, the girl suffered a seizure Wednesday night and had stopped breathing. She was taken by paramedics to Victor Valley Community Hospital and died at 9:22 p.m. Her body was transported to the Coroner's morgue for a postmortem examination.
After the examination, the girl's body was taken to the Inland Eye and Tissue Bank so her corneas could be harvested. At 7:50 p.m. a technician performing the operation noticed the child had suffered a sexual assault and notified the on-duty coroner and a pathologist.
After confirming that the child had been assaulted, coroner's officials contacted the Sheriff's Department.
Investigators with the department's homicide and crimes against children details interviewed the girl's family and were able to determine the assault did not occur at her home. Jones said her five other children were put in the custody of Child Protective Services for more than 12 hours Wednesday during the investigation.
Jones said paramedics had to take Robyn's pajamas off to treat her when they arrived and there was no evidence of sexual assault at that time.
Investigators then interviewed Coroner's Office personnel and county employees and determined none were suspects in the assault. They then focused on the employees of All-County Transportation, Beavers said.
The two were arrested at 4:30 p.m Friday at the Budget Inn Motel in Victorville.
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