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SMYRNA, De. - The stepmother of a 10-year-old girl who police say died after hitting her head while being struck with a belt by her father is now facing murder charges, authorities in Delaware announced.
What we know:
Adiaratou Coulibaly was arrested last week by federal agents in New York City in the murder of 10-year-old Faima Kone.
Coulibaly is accused of subjecting Fatima to "severe and prolonged abuse using various objects and forced exercises."
Delaware father charged with murder of daughter who hit head while being struck with belt
A Delaware man is facing charges for the murder of his 10-year-old daughter, who police say died after she was struck by her father with a belt and hit her head on a piece of furniture.
Coulibaly was charged with murder by abuse or neglect, a second-degree felony. She will be extradited to Delaware from NYC.
Her arrest comes days after Fatima's father, Badara Kone, was charged with his daughter's murder, which police say happened in May.
The backstory:
Investigators believe Fatima died after her father, 49-year-old Badara Kone, struck her numerous times with a belt as a self-described form of discipline, causing her to fall to the ground and hit her head on a piece of furniture.
Fatima's siblings, a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy, helped her to a bedroom where she was later found dead by police hours after the incident.
Police brought the two boys to a local hospital for evaluation and discovered that the children had suffered continuous physical abuse.
In addition to being charged with Fatima's murder, Badara was also charged with the abuse of the other two children.
The Source: Information provided by the Delaware State Police.