WARNING: The Following News Release Contains Disturbing Content VICTORVILLE. Calif. — On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, Bianca Annie Mae Stanch and Ronald Dean Greer were found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Greer’s 4-year-old daughter, Samiah Christine Cornell Downing. Additionally, they were found guilty of torturing Samiah and guilty of child abuse, with a special allegation of causing death. This case started in 2012 when Samiah lived with Greer and Stanch in an apartment in Adelanto. Stanch was Greer’s girlfriend, but not the mother of Samiah. According to witnesses, Stanch had an extreme dislike for Samiah and treated her poorly. DAILY BEATINGS Witnesses testified that Samiah was subjected to daily beatings at the hands of Bianca Stanch. Greer did not intervene in any way to stop these beatings. Both Stanch and Greer also routinely used a denial of water as a form of punishment. Witnesses also testified that Stanch and Greer duct-taped Samiah’s wrists and ankles together on multiple occasions and left her overnight so that she could not get out to get water. The defendant’s had placed a deadbolt on a bedroom door, with the locking mechanism on the hallway side of the door, which allowed them to lock Samiah in the room so she could not get out during the day or night. On one occasion, Samiah was able to get out to the kitchen where she drank the only liquid she could find, which was a cleaning solution. https://breaking911.com/couple-sentenced-to-32-years-in-prison-for-torturing-daughter-4-to-death-and-burying-her-in-desert/