Every once in a while, we come across a story that really makes us wish there were laws against certain people having children.
This is one that completely broke our hearts. Much like the little boy who made headlines after trying to sell his teddy bear to buy himself some food, people all across the country are outraged at the neglect of a tiny girl found in a horrific situation.
Matt Knight is a resident in the Nevada Lidgerwood area of Washington who has noticed that his neighbors across the street mistreat their young daughter.
While recently mowing his lawn, Knight noticed the toddler screaming outside her home, strapped to a metal gate with a bungee cord, and struggling to remove it from around her neck. This time, he said he wanted photographic proof that the little girl was in danger and snapped a photo that paints a heartbreaking picture of abuse.
According to local news site KHQ, a woman has come forward, claiming to be the little girl’s mother and explaining that she had simply become entangled in the bungee cord while playing. However, she offered no explanation as to why her baby girl was outside alone.
“I walked over there and the kid, like the photo you saw, was strapped or caught up in some of the bungee strap to the fence,” Knight says in the following video. “Because of the previous things that had happened there [at the house] I wanted some photo evidence versus a bunch of hearsay.”
KHQ reported that police have responded to the child’s home three times in just the past month, with the previous two times children were found unattended in the street.
The concerned neighbor hopes his photo and Spokane Police will help remove the child from the abusive home and get receive help from the WA Department of Health Services.
Check out the full story from KHQ below and let us know what you think of this disturbing story in the comments.
Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com
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