Trial to begin in death of girl who was padlocked inside box

PHOENIX (AP) — Members of a Phoenix family awoke nearly six years ago a disturbing discovery in their home: A 10-year-old girl who lived there was found dead inside a padlocked plastic storage box, a punishment for having stolen a popsicle.
Authorities say two adult relatives are responsible for making Ame Deal get into the box the night before and had fallen sleep without letting her out.
One of Deal’s cousins, 28-year-old Sammantha Lucille Rebecca Allen, goes on trial Monday on mu