The family of a 3-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by her mother’s boyfriend is calling for the man responsible for the gruesome crime to be sentenced to death.
Robert Fisher, 34, pleaded guilty this week in court and confessed that he killed 3-year-old Josefina Cunningham last year.
Authorities revealed that Josefina, who family members call Josie, died on July 7, 2023, after her mother found her unresponsive at a home in Rensselaer, New York.
First responders were called and Josefina was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Fisher, who had been staying with Josefina and her mother, was initially charged with obstruction after police said he tried to re-enter the home during their investigation. Authorities later found enough evidence to charge him with aggravated sexual abuse, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.
He was finally indicted for murder and rape in late July 2023.
Fisher admitted to raping and killing the child while he was babysitting. He also told prosecutors how he carried out the crimes, which backed up the evidence prosecutors outlined in court documents that shared disturbing details of graphic sexual abuse and assault that Josefina suffered.
“He told us that he administered drugs to the child,” Rensselaer County Assistant District Attorney Antonia Edwards told News10. “They were prescription drugs the mother was prescribed. He then raped the child. The child then died, and he did try to clean her up with Clorox wipes.”
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