Mom Arrested After 4-Year-Old Is Zip Tied, Abused, Tells Police Her Name Is ‘Idiot’

It’s heartbreaking stories like this one that have us feeling like there should be rules in place for who can have children!

Everyone knows that parenting can be a tough and trying job sometimes, but there is no excuse for abusing a child or putting them in harm’s way, like these sick parents did to their daughter. If a parent is knowingly unfit or unwilling to care for their children, there are plenty of better options than to live in an unloved home or worse off, on the streets.

That’s exactly why the following story if making headlines around the country. It’s hard to understand how any parent could ever treat one of their babies with such hatred and torture.

Police officers arrested 30-year-old Jennifer Diane Denen and her boyfriend, 47-year-old Clarence Eugene Reed, of Hot Springs, Arkansas after Denen’s 4-year-old daughter was reportedly zip-tied to furniture and abused as a punishment. To make matters worse, when cops asked the little girl her name, she replied that she believed it to be “idiot”.

Staff at Cooper-Anthony Mercy Child Advocacy Center told police the 4-year-old girl showed signs of abuse, including deep purple bruising. “She had a black eye, a swollen right cheek, dried blood in the corner of her mouth, and a bruise on her forehead,” wrote Pix 11 News. The girl was also reported to have scarring across her back.

According to the Sentinel-Record, the mother of 6 and her live-in boyfriend could face up to 35 years in prison after being charged with first-degree domestic battery, permitting abuse of a minor, and first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor.

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Mom Arrested After 4-Year-Old Is Zip Tied, Abused, Tells Police Her Name Is ‘Idiot’ is an article from: LifeDaily