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A Florida woman is facing child abuse charges after investigators alleged that she branded her children with a hot stick as a form of identification.
WBBH reported that 23-year-old medical assistant Kayla R. Oxenham had told her children, ages 5 and 7, that she forgot how much she loved fire.
The children said that Oxenham used a lighter to burn a stick, and then touched the stick to their arms, according to a Port Charlotte police report.
The report said that Oxenham told the kids that she had to burn them so that they could have ice cream, and so that they could be identified as hers.
goddamnit, Florida....goddamnit.
Watch the video below from WBBH, broadcast June 18, 2014.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/19/police-fire-loving-florida-mom-brands-kids-with-hot-stick-so-people-will-know-they-are-hers/
derby378
(30,252 posts)Seriously, I wish all good Floridians would rise up against these freaks and chase them into the sea.
malaise
(275,413 posts)She looks the part-runaway bride bat shit crazy
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)consider if you would say the same if this was a picture of a woman in a magazine and not a mug shot. Judging her character on her appearance is uncool.
Does she have a psychiatric disorder? Maybe - but it's not tattooed on her face.
uppityperson
(115,724 posts)FSogol
(46,057 posts)(in keeping with the spirit of her interests)
BTW, I think everyone on DU is jealous that she is a cooler Mom than they had.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)frequently I find myself lamenting Idaho the same way.
The Pretenders have a song on youtube called, "My City was Gone," in which Crissy Hynde cries, "way to go Ohio."
I just substitute "Idaho," for "Ohio," throughout the song.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Javaman
(62,926 posts)another human that shouldn't have been allowed to procreate.