In Gresham,Oregon, Child abuse investigators said a 5-year-old girl who died had been abused for years in what they said was the "worst case of child abuse that anyone can ever recall" in the area.
Detectives arrested the girl's father, 23-year old Christopher Rosillo, and Guadalupe Quintero, a woman police said was a long-time live-in fiance of Rosillo's. Both were charged with murder.
"This poor little girl endured some physical abuse for years and we want the public to know this isn't a one time thing; this has been going on for awhile," said Sgt. Rick Wilson of the Gresham Police Dept.
Please read source: 5-year-old's death worst case of abuse officials have ever seen
"Nations will not prosper if their children do not heal. To suffer violence in childhood is to be wounded in the soul, and if not healed, to go on to inflict pain on others as well as oneself. No child should be a victim of violence. All children have the right to protection and to first call on their nations’ resources".
- Hon. Landon Pearson, Director, Landon Pearson Resource Center for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights
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