Father With History of Abuse Slept While 11-MO Daughter Drowned
On August - 18 - 2012
A father, who allegedly had a history of abuse, has been charged with manslaughter after his toddler daughter drowned in the bathtub while he slept in their Minneapolis apartment. Joe Martin, 28, put his 11-month-old daughter Maddie and her four-year-old sister, Allie, in the tub on October 31, 2011 and he then left the room to take a nap on the couch in their living room. Sometime later, the sleeping father awoke to the chilling sounds of his four-year-old daughter – crying out that her little sister wasn’t moving. 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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