A 10-year-old girl found dead at home on Oʻahu last month died from prolonged abuse and neglect, pneumonia and starvation, police said Friday.
Her parents, Brandy and Thomas Blas, and grandmother, Debra Geron, were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and other crimes, Honolulu police homicide Lt. Deena Thoemmes said. They remained in custody Friday afternoon.
When police arrived on Jan. 18 at a home in Wahiawa, they found Geanna Bradley dead and noted she appeared emaciated.
Police initially classified the case as an unattended death, but later determined the girl had been abused.
Brandy and Thomas Blas were her legal guardians, not her biological parents. She had been in their home since she was 2 years old.
There were six children in the home. Four of them were the biological children of Brandy and Thomas Blas, who Thoemmes said were also the adoptive parents of a 4-year-old boy.
All three adults were also charged in connection with the mistreatment of the 4-year-old boy. The boy was thin and appeared abused and neglected, Thoemmes said.
The four biological children showed no signs of abuse, she said.
