Police: 3-Year-Old Girl Bound, Kept in Trash Bag and Offered for Sex - National
MESA, Ariz. — Police in a Phoenix suburb are investigating a child-abuse case in which a 3-year-old malnourished girl was bound with duct tape, kept in a trash sack inside closet and offered for sex by a man babysitting the child, officials said Tuesday.
“This is just one of those cases that just shocks the soul,” Mesa Police Chief John Meza said.
Police said the man was arrested Monday, along with the girl’s mother, who is accused of shaving her daughter’s head to get money by claiming the girl had cancer.
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The girl had duct tape around her mouth, hands, arms and legs, was wearing only a diaper and a T-shirt, was covered in feces and had multiple bruises, scratches and blisters on her body, Meza said.
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