REPUBLISHED FROM LIFE DYNAMICS BLOG:

Four people have been arrested after authorities say they viciously beat a 14-year-old rape victim to force an abortion and then attempted to burn the baby after the attack.

The victim, who was eight months pregnant at the time of the beating, told police she was a virgin before a family member raped her in 2012.

As a result of the rape she became pregnant.

She said that she “did not tell anyone about the sexual assault because … she was embarrassed.”

According to reports, the girl’s relatives found out about the pregnancy between January and March 2013 and “became very nervous and were concerned about … [Child Protective Services] removing children from the residence,” the affidavit says.

After the beating the teen delivered the baby stillborn.

Police say that the adults then took the baby and tried to burn the…