Gam Anak Pada Dinding

DALLAS: Seorang kanak-kanak berusia dua tahun kini koma selepas ibunya didakwa melekatkan tangannya pada dinding dengan gam dan memukulnya kerana kencing merata.

Elizabeth Escalona, 22, berdepan dengan tuduhan mendera kanak-kanak selepas dia didakwa mengheret anaknya sekeling rumah di Dallas dan menderanya.

Tindakan itu menyebabkan kanak-kanak itu mengalami pelbagai kecederaan termasuk pada otaknya.

Kanak-kanak itu, Joselyn Cedillo kini bergantung pada mesin penyambung hayat di hospital.

Berdasarkan laporan polis, glu dan cat diletakkan pada tapak tangannya menyebabkan kulitnya menggelupas teruk.

Seorang anggota keluarga memberitahu wartawan, kanak-kanak itu juga mengalami patah tulang, calar-balar dan kecederaan di kepala.

Elizabeth dikatakan mengheret anaknya sebelum menggam tangannya pada dinding sehingga berdarah.

Dia kemudian memukul perut kanak-kanak itu dengan jag susu, menendang dan memukulnya lagi dengan kasut dan tali pinggang.

Mother Accused of Toturing Daughter

DALLAS - A two-year-old girl is in critical condition in the hospital and her mother is charged with torturing her and inflicting the damage that put her there.

Police said the abuse started with a frantic call from 22-year-old Elizabeth Escalona to her mother, saying something was wrong with her two year old daughter, Joselyn Cedillo.

When the child's grandmother got to the home she could see just what was wrong. The little girl was unresponsive.

A relative tells News 8 the child had broken bones, bruises and head injuries. The grandmother and other relatives desperately tried to help Joselyn and rushed her to Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.

“We just know we picked up the baby and she was hurt," the child's aunt told News 8.

According to police records, Joselyn suffered greatly.

According to police reports, Escalona dragged her daughter by her feet from the kitchen area to another part of the apartment. She then glued her child’s hands and stuck them to the wall until they bled. She then allegedly hit the girl in the stomach with a jug of milk, kicked her in the stomach and beat her with a shoe and a belt.

“Yeah she was extremely bruised," the aunt said. "She had a head concussion, she had a broken leg and broken ribs. We don't know how it happened, but she was covered in bruises."

Police said numerous people say they'd seen Escalona inflict pain on the child in the past. Now, the little girl may have extensive brain damage and countless injuries.

"She was a good kid," the aunt said. "She's playful like any other kid. Spoiled and she's like a little princess."

Police said the torture began because the little girl soiled in her pants, and this was her punishment.

Dallas police child abuse detectives arrested Escalona for injury to a child. Child Protective Services has taken custody of Joselyn and three other siblings.