Archive for injury to a child

Toddler dies with burns on her body from human waste exposure

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

A 22-month-old girl died from severe neglect after her mother stopped caring for her and responding to her basic needs. The girl’s mother, Tiffany Nicole Klapheke, 21, said that she was depressed about her husband’s deployment and told Abilene’s KTAB-TV in an interview from jail that she knew she should have been a good mother ... read more »

Mother whips 4-year-old to death with a chord for peeing his pants

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Vastie Coleman, 27, has been charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury after after severely abusing her 4-year-old son for wetting his pants in the car. According to authorities, Coleman, of Harris County, Texas, whipped her son, Kyron Barnes, with a chord in their apartment on Sunday night. The Daily Mail reports that Coleman put her son in ... read more »