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Search warrant: 911 call delayed for dead teen in abuse case

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PERRY, IA (KCCI/CNN) - A community is mourning the loss of a teenager.

Authorities said 16-year-old Sabrina Ray weighed less than 60 pounds at the time of her death, and newly released documents give insight to how her family was involved.

Sabrina Ray's cousin, Josie Bousman, is the one who called 911. 

Josie Bousman, 20, was charged with aiding and abetting kidnapping and child endangerment after Sabrina Ray's May 12 death. She was supposed to be watching Sabrina Ray and two other girls while their adoptive parents, Marc and Misty Ray, were out of town. 

Documents show Josie Bousman tried to give Sabrina Ray water just before she became unresponsive. 

"I think that's probably one of the most heart-breaking details to read about," said Jacqueline Riekena, business owner and community member seeking justice for Sabrina Ray. She runs the Voice for Sabrina Lynn Ray Facebook page.

"I think I just want to cry because what that child went through, no child should go through," she said.  

The search warrant also shows that after learning Ray was cold to the touch Josie Bousman called her grandmother, Carla Bousman, and Marc and Misty Ray. She didn't call 911 until 10 minutes later. 

Misty Ray, who was in Nashville at the time, threw away her cell phone along with the cell phones of her husband, son Justin and 10-year-old son who isn't named. 

Police said Sabrina Ray couldn't walk, talk or eat after being "drop-kicked" by her 21-year-old adoptive brother, Justin Ray, down the stairs weeks before her death, it was reported in May.

Authorities also said the girl was confined and not given adequate food or water, leading to her death.

Justin Dale Ray is charged with two counts of willful injury and two counts of child endangerment. Other family members who have been charged in Sabrina Ray's death are Carla Bousman, Misty Ray and Marc Ray.

Authorities also note in the search warrant, they seized several computers since the Rays used them to message the parents of the children they watched at their in-home daycare. 

That in-home daycare is no longer boarded up. A family said they just moved in, but they plan to leave the memorial out front. 

Other tributes, like a park bench and tree, are the community's way of keeping the girl's memory alive. 

"We're wanting justice for this girl," Riekena said.

The trial related to Sabrina Ray's abuse and death is expected to start next year, according to court documents.

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