Woman remains jailed on charge of abusing 2-year-old girl in Superior Township
A woman is in the Washtenaw County Jail this morning, accused of assaulting a 2-year-old girl who was found injured Saturday in a Superior Township home, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department incident summary said.
Shauntica L. Kelly
Shauntica L. Kelly, 20, is charged with second-degree child abuse. She is being held on $20,000 bond, the summary said.
The child was taken by ambulance to the University of Michigan Hospital about 9 p.m. Saturday after deputies responded to a home in the 9300 block of MacArthur Boulevard to check on her well-being, the summary said. Deputies were called to the home by another police agency, said Sheriff's Cmdr. Dieter Heren.
The victim had "welts on her body" and had been assaulted within the previous 24 hours, Heren said.
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ronn oneal
Thu, Apr 8, 2010 : 7:19 p.m.
If I said anything to offend anybody or disrespected them, PLEASE forgive me. They will be in my prayer's.
ronn oneal
Thu, Apr 8, 2010 : 7:17 p.m.
I feel that we often make people feel guilty before the facts are in. some how the ball was dropped. As a community, we should intervent to avoid cases as these. The parent needed help way before she had the baby. Where is the father to raise this child until the court get to the bottom of this issue? this baby has a bad break early in life and to not have a mother, dealing with the drama, and now the child maybe in be in the system for it's safety but the baby needs family at this point. Someone that has a relationship with the child and that really loves her and want the best. Will the system provide this? Will more harm than help be the long term effect? WE have this lynch mob mentality. American history has been that way since coming here in one form or another. We need to Pray for the parent and the baby and not just write the MOM off. She has a job to do but it dont mean she know how to go about it. For parent of this nature, the system need a training, and caring program way before the child is even concieved because as a community, the ball has been dropped. I'm glad that the child is safe but how safe will a baby be when the mother is suddendly taken out of it's life and strangers are in its life. Again, the Dad must be M.I.A. because not once was the father mentioned in the report. next of kin would help but after finding out if Granparent are stable enough to raise a baby. Maybe the apple didnt fall far from the tree? Who really knows? We should all care more than just throwing the mother in jail to rot. Let the courts system that we vote and pay for do it's joib. mean time the most important thing is figuring ut whats needed to be done to help mother get it right in life and for the baby to be safe and have a normal as possible life from here on out. Not bashing and pointing finger's. For those of us that really want to help,help. If your not trying tomake things better for this family, back off cause being mean, and bashing is not the answer. Hey, it's only my opinion and like A-holes, we all have one but dont have to be one. enough damage has been done,now let's fix it if you want to impress anyone. find out what we need to do, share and maybe someone will pick the ball up. Get @me if it's anything in my powers that I can do to help baby or mother. and maybe the Father. Lets share love not hate.
djm12652
Wed, Apr 7, 2010 : 10:07 a.m.
Update per Detroit Free Press...the mother has been charged.
Nancy Lennon
Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 7:01 p.m.
It is sad that children who have been abused often become abusers. We help kids who have emotional issues when they are in school, but when they leave where is the support system? We as a community have to start looking at the number of young parents who have little skill in parenting and who get into situations that they don't know how to handle and react in anger. Their children then suffer. So very sad. N.Lennon
ladydi
Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 1:46 p.m.
@atnaap Fourth, the "welts on her body" didn't magically appear.
theodynus
Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 12:56 p.m.
Third, we don't believe in reserving judgment until the case goes to court.
LK
Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 12:34 p.m.
What are you smiling about? Hope you get what you gave! You don't deserve to breathe the same air as the 2 year-old.
Deb Anderson
Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 12:21 p.m.
Yeah, smile for the camera. I doubt the daughter is smiling much in the hospital.