Elizabeth Escalona admitted to gluing her daughter to a wall and beating her due to potty training. The little girl's body and forehead were bruised."The entire picture was very shocking," said Dr. Amy Barton, then a child abuse pediatrician at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, choking back tears on the stand. "I see a lot of children, and this was one of the most shocking cases that I have seen." Apparently young Jocelyn Escalona was glued to the wall and beaten severely. Authorities are not sure how long she was glued to the wall before being taken to the hospital. When she got to the hospital, doctors found many bruises to the body and brain, causing Jocelyn to go into a mild come. Escalona pleaded guilty on July 12 to a charge of first-degree injury to a child, a crime punishable by anywhere between five years and life in prison.
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Oh my goodness!!!!!!!! That's horrible! she deserves a lifetime in prison! What person in their right mins will glue a baby to a wall and then beat them on top of that!?!?!?!
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This is absolutely terrible. Any responsible parent should not be doing this. She definitely deserves prison.
ReplyDeleteWhy would she do something like this to a defenseless child? Hopefully she will be punished fort he crime.
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