Parents Accused of Burning 8-YO Child
A Phoenix couple has been arrested on suspicion of burning their eight-year-old daughter with a hot spoon and locking her in a yard shed over night, police said Sunday. Susan Espiru, 23, of 8500 W. Palm Lane, and her husband, Alberto Melendez-Baez, 27, of the same address, were booked Saturday on suspicion of four child abuse counts and one count each of kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. 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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