3-Yr Old Beaten by Stepfather
Stepdad held on child abuse charges
3-year-old girl treated for a broken skull and burns
A 20-year-old Houston man has been charged with child abuse, accused of beating and burning his 3-year-old stepdaughter in October. Brodreck Lee Hearne is accused of fracturing the skull and burning the genitals of his wife’s daughter while he was baby-sitting on Oct. 14. Hearne, who was arrested Thursday night, told police he was smoking marijuana at home in the 10600 block of Meadowglen while the child was in the shower, according to court documents. After he heard a bump, he said, he found the girl on the floor near the bathtub. He told police the girl was injured when she fell out of the tub.
Police said the toddler suffered a broken skull and her brain was swollen and bleeding. She also had bruises on her face, arms, legs and chest. Investigators found she had bruises and burns to her genitals, court records show. It’s unclear how she received the burns. After she was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital by ambulance, the girl told doctors that Hearne “whipped” her.
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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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Urban Safety Solutions Says:
OMG! What’s wrong with these fools? Mothers, please be careful about who you choose to babysit your children.
Posted on December 5th, 2010 at 2:41 pm