‘She sunk to the floor and wouldn’t move’: Father charged after blind adopted daughter found dead in home with cockroach bites on her head

Inset: David Whitten (Benton County Sheriff

Inset: David Whitten (Benton County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The home where Caterina Whitten was found dead (KHBS/KHOG).

A 73-year-old Arkansas father faces charges in the death of his blind and disabled adopted daughter, who was found dead with cockroach bites in a soiled diaper in a filthy home.

David Whitten faces a charge of negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person in the death of his daughter, Caterina Whitten, 29.

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