A woman tried to drown her 10-year-old son in the bathtub because she told him she wanted to live permanently with her father. The event occurred in Alabama, United States, and the accused faces charges for the crime of aggravated child abuse.
The mother, identified as Ashley Elizabeth Jones, 34, has joint custody with her ex-partner. However, upon finding out that her son no longer wanted to live with her, He hit him, bit him and sprayed him with bleach.the police revealed.
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According to the boy’s statement, he ran to take a bath to wash off the liquid, but his mother followed him, “jumped into the bathtub with him and proceeded to grab his face and immerse it in the water” for 45 seconds, as the magazine commented. People. Unable to let go, He stopped moving to “play dead.” Jones then locked him in a closet for three hours.
The boy claimed that his mother abused him for a week. (Illustrative photo: Adobe Stock)
Although it is not clear how the boy managed to escape, he was able to call his father and ask him to look for him. The man clarified that he should ask the mother if she could look for him, but the boy begged him not to and told him everything that had happened.
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The father reported the woman and, with the child’s statement, plus the bruises and scratches on her body as evidence, the police arrested Ashley Elizabeth Jones on April 23 for questioning, but she denied the accusations. In addition, she paid bail of US$50,000 and was released the same day.
The woman must appear in court on May 20, accused of aggravated child abuse. The authorities did not reveal if she took custody of the child from her.
