8-YO Child Found Beaten and Bound
TAMPA – An 8-year-old boy was found beaten and tied to a table with zip ties in a Tampa home, police say. A suspect is in custody. The discovery was made after the Department of Children and Families received a complaint of possible child abuse. Police officers and DCF personnel went to a home on Coral Bay Road where, according to a statement, they found the 8-year-old “with injuries consistent with being struck numerous times with a belt and extension cord.” READ MORE HERE
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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