9-year-old girl says she was starved, handcuffed, whipped by mother, mother's boyfriend


Two people are facing injury to a child charges after a 9-year-old girl was taken to a hospital weighing only 35 pounds with evidence that she was restrained at the ankles and whipped on her legs, according to court documents.
She told the doctor that she was starved, handcuffed around her ankles and hit with a dog leash by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend because they “think that she steals,” the report states. The doctor told police there did appear to be evidence of restraint marks on the victim’s ankles and marks on her legs that “looked to be whip marks.”

Photos taken at the hospital showed “the victim is extremely emaciated. Her bones, especially at her joints, are very pronounced. All of the victim’s ribs are visible especially on her back. The victim also has visible injuries all over her body,” the report states. The doctor told officers the child was “lucky to have survived.”
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