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Police in Dallas arrested four people who they believe beat a pregnant teenaged relative so that she would have a miscarriage. A fifth person was also arrested for the sexual assault of the minor.The victim recently told authorities that she became pregnant in 2013, at only 13 years old, after being sexually abused. In addition to the four arrests for engaging in organized criminal activity, police also arrested Robert Joseph Cayald for aggravated sexual assault of a child. The 22-year-old is related to the victim.The girl told authorities she was approximately eight months pregnant when the family realized she was expecting. Given the girl was underage and allegedly assaulted by a relative, the family feared Child Protective Services (CPS) would be called. The family members accused of organized crime then, according to police, “took matters into their own hands” to try and end the pregnancy. In the first attempt to abort the baby, the teen was given multiple doses of birth control pills, Plan B morning after pills and cinnamon tablets. When that didn’t work the group collaborated and Garza said they began, “physically assaulting the victim to the point where the victim gave birth.” According to a police affidavit the teen’s arms were pinned to the floor while suspect Lonnell McDonald sat on her stomach “repeatedly bouncing up and down.” Others kicked and punched the girl in the stomach. At one point the assault was so vicious and the teen was crying so loudly that suspect Sharon Jones allegedly gave the girl a cushion from the couch and told her to “shut up” and cry into the pillow. According to the affidavit, the group began beating the teen at approximately 5:00 p.m. and didn’t stop until approximately 11:00 p.m. The suspects then allegedly took the aborted baby and put it on a “metal charcoal grill and attempted to burn it,” but the attempt failed.