CA–Father, Step-Mother Arrested for Child Abuse
On April - 28 - 2010
MODESTO, CA – The detective handling the case of a 10-year-old Modesto girl who was allegedly abused at the hands of her step-mother and father says the child is doing much better.
Det. Marta Delgado said the girl and her siblings were removed from the home of Steven Michael Andrews, 28, and Jessica Nicole Leyva, 23, during of the course of the investigation which began April 4. That is when Modesto police were called to the residence to investigate a report of child abuse.
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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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Sunny Says:
Does anyone know what happened in this case? Unfortunatly I am related to the father. We live in another state and had lost contact with him many years ago. It breaks my heart to hear about this a year later. If we had known we might have been able to taken her into our home.
Posted on May 5th, 2011 at 2:52 am