Young Mya is 14 months old.
She’s a pretty little thing, with blonde wispy hair that curls around her face and beautiful, sparkling blue eyes.
Like most babies she can be mischievous, she can cry and she can get sick.
She’s not long learned to walk and still has the odd tumble resulting in a scrape here or there.
When this happens, she looks to the adults around her for comfort, as any child would.
If you manage to comfort her, through her drying tears she’ll reward you with a four tooth grin.
Could you imagine anyone trying to hurt her?
On Thursday 25th May 2006, little Mya spilt cough medicine on her outfit.
Instead of changing her clothes, her ‘babysitter’ decided to put her in the dryer.
He turned the dryer on and left Mya in there for two minutes, her fragile body being tossed around like a leaf caught in a whirlpool.
Mya was bruised, burnt, blistered and extremely distressed.
It was a hideous act that resulted in the accused being sentenced to jail for 8 months.
Yet, sadly, acts of child abuse happen more frequently than the general public realize.
Dec 12, 2008
Little Mya's story
Posted by Gabriella at 2:28 PM
Labels: child abuse
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3 comments:
how distressing Gabby, thats a really sad story, but hopefully by discussing it you can make others aware, thanks for sharing xo
I just don't understand why situations get to this point. I mean if the guy didn't like kids, why did he babysit? Why did the parents trust this specific person with their child? Why, why, why .... the questions go on and there are no answers, or at least none that make sense. It isn't just that it is a criminal matter, it is a sad refection on the perpetrators of violence on the weak and helpless.
It is so important to keep raising the subject - onya Gabs :-)
thanks for sharing gabby darling im glad your promoting awareness of this discusting act of man.
love u
x
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