In Valencia County, New Mexico, USA, a jury found a 23-year-old man guilty of the single charge of placing his former girlfriend's 2 year old son in a tub filled with scalding hot water, severely burning the boy from his torso down to the bottom of his feet.
During the trial, the jury heard from the boy's mother, who testified that she was at school when her then-boyfriend, Tafoya, called her and told her that Dominic had been badly burned in the bathtub. She said when she arrived home, she discovered that her son's skin was red and "skin was hanging from his toes."
The boy's mother said her son had undergone numerous surgeries and skin grafts, both at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque as well at the Shriner's Hospital in Galveston, Texas. She said, at one point into his treatment, his lung had collapsed and his doctors were not sure if he would survive.
During the trial, the jury heard from the boy's mother, who testified that she was at school when her then-boyfriend, Tafoya, called her and told her that Dominic had been badly burned in the bathtub. She said when she arrived home, she discovered that her son's skin was red and "skin was hanging from his toes."
The boy's mother said her son had undergone numerous surgeries and skin grafts, both at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque as well at the Shriner's Hospital in Galveston, Texas. She said, at one point into his treatment, his lung had collapsed and his doctors were not sure if he would survive.
She said while her son is still in need of further treatment and therapy, he is doing better.
"He's still scarred from the belly button all the way down to his toes,"
Read the full report: Man found guilty of child abuse in burn case
How is it humanly possible to be so cruel to a 2 year old?
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