A Texas mother who super-glued her 2-year-old
daughter's hands to a wall and beat her over potty training problems was
sentenced Friday morning to 99 years in prison, a Dallas County felony records
department district clerk said.
Elizabeth Escalona, 23, of Dallas pleaded guilty in July to a charge of
first-degree injury to a child, a crime punishable by anywhere between probation
and life in prison.
Escalona's attorney said that the sentence delivered by a judge Friday was
excessive and that an appeal would be filed, CNN affiliate KTVT reported.
Escalona's daughter Jocelyn Cedillo was less than two months shy of her 3rd
birthday in September 2011 when Escalona used a powerful adhesive to glue her
hands to a wall and beat her because of potty training troubles, authorities
said. Three other children belonging to Escalona, who was pregnant at the time,
witnessed the abuse, according to Dallas County district attorney's office
spokeswoman Debbie Denmon.
The child urinated on herself during the ordeal, during which she was hit in
head and kicked in the groin, among other forms of abuse, Denmon said.
Oefelia Escalona, the defendant's mother, testified during her daughter's
sentencing hearing this week that she found the girl and took her to a hospital.
Once Jocelyn was there, medical authorities noticed severe bruises to her face
and head, as well as a severe brain injury that led to her temporarily being in
a coma.
At this week's court proceedings, prosecutors showed pictures of Jocelyn's
hands and bruised body and forehead.
"The entire picture was very shocking," said Dr. Amy Barton, then a child
abuse pediatrician at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, choking back tears on
the stand on Monday. "I see a lot of children, and this was one of the most
shocking cases that I have seen."
Elizabeth Escalona asked for leniency during her sentencing hearing this
week, saying she behaved like a monster but deserved a second chance, KTVT
reported. Her mother asked the judge to sentence Elizabeth to probation,
according to KTVT.
Before this incident, Elizabeth Escalona had been investigated by Texas Child
Protective Services but never arrested or charged, Denmon said.
The child welfare agency put all of her children in foster care after Jocelyn
was taken to the hospital. All five of them, including Jocelyn, are now in the
custody of their grandmother, Oefelia Escalona.
-CNN
Its a pity (ho, but 99yrs????? Fuck#
ReplyDeleteY wud she do dat 2 her own? She really did went 2 d extreme, mayb dat's y d judge wen 2 d extreme in punishing her. Infact, its pure wickedness.
ReplyDelete99 years? Its also sayin life imprisonment.
99 years is jst too much. Not justifying wot she did bt some of our mothers nd kids dese days experience worse. A child as young as ds wld always forgive her mom bt she be grateful dt d state put her away for 99yrs.
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