WA–Mother bit 2-yr old and broke his elbow
EVERETT — An Everett woman told police she broke her 2-year-old son’s elbow and twice bit him because she was angry.
A pediatrician told police the boy “is clearly a victim of child abuse,” according to a police affidavit filed Wednesday in Everett District Court.
The doctor told detectives the mother’s explanations for her son’s injuries were “inadequate.”
The woman, 22, was arrested Tuesday and jailed for investigation of assault.
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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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