Woman who glued daughter's hands to wall faces life term
DALLAS (AP) — A doctor has testified that a Texas mother who glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall also beat the toddler so badly that she suffered significant brain trauma and bleeding inside her skull.
Elizabeth Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. The 23-year-old mother is being sentenced Monday. She faces up to life in prison. A state district judge will decide her punishment.
The doctor showed photos of the beaten child.
The toddler was in a coma for two days after the Sept. 7, 2011, incident. Police records show the toddler's siblings told investigators their mother repeatedly kicked the girl in the stomach and hit her with various objects before gluing her hands to the wall.
Police say Escalona was mad about potty training problems
Elizabeth Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. The 23-year-old mother is being sentenced Monday. She faces up to life in prison. A state district judge will decide her punishment.
The doctor showed photos of the beaten child.
The toddler was in a coma for two days after the Sept. 7, 2011, incident. Police records show the toddler's siblings told investigators their mother repeatedly kicked the girl in the stomach and hit her with various objects before gluing her hands to the wall.
Police say Escalona was mad about potty training problems
This is an example of WHY women should take birth control...coping with children is difficult not every woman is made to deal with children no more than all men are made to fix a car...not true. My personal life has put me into a situation of raising my grand daughter because of bad parenting on both parents. It makes me angry to see the hurt that parents cause and don't care what long term damage that results. I prefer to have my grand daughter in my life and do the single parenting as a senior then put her into a position of having something like this happen.
I hope the children get the help they need to deal with damage done from poor parenting.
This lady should never be allowed to be even close to a child the remainder of her days. Evil person.