CHRIS CHEARY SAYS HE DIDN'T MURDER SOPHIA ACOSTA

THE MONSTER accused of murder in the May sex slaying of little Sophia Acosta entered a plea of not guilty yesterday. Cops say Chris Cheary, 20, murdered, assaulted and tortured Sophia in Tulare County, California. If convicted he faces the death penalty.
Sophia's uncle Nick Williams said: "I hope that he gets everything that's coming to him. It does give some closure. You know, it gives some satisfaction, but we want to see it through til the end."

COPS BUST BEAU IN SEX SLAYING OF SOPHIA ACOSTA, 3

COPS IN California have made an arrest in the sinister beating death and sex assault of three-year-old Sophia Acosta. The little girl was murdered three weeks ago and now detectives have charged her mother's boyfriend in the heinous slaying. Christopher Rey Cheary, 20, will face charges of murder, felony assault on a child causing death, sodomy on a child under 14 years old, and felony sodomy.

Sophia's great grandmother Ruth Williams said: