(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Bella Bond's body has finally been released from the medical examiner's office for her funeral after it was found washed ashore on Deer Island in June.
According to the DA's office, "With the defense autopsy complete, we notified the ME that there was no further need to retain custody of Bella's body. The burial services will be private."
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Bella's father Joe Amoroso told our Ted Daniel over the phone that he did take custody of Bella's body. He says the funeral services have not been finalized yet but that it will not be open to the public or media. He said he didn't want it to become a circus.
"From here, I still have to meet with the funeral home director, set a date and time for the wake, funeral. I have to get a hold of the family that's out of state. There's a million things in the air, a lot going on," he said. "This has definitely moved a lot of people, touched hundreds of thousands of people but in the scheme of things, you can't make her funeral a circus."
Her body is at the Caggiano Funeral home in Winthrop.
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