Throw the book at them.
From Radar Online:
A Texas couple has been arrested after they allegedly injected their 1-year-old daughter with methamphetamine to help ease pain she suffered after being severely burned by boiling water, RadarOnline.com has learned.
On Nov. 5, Amanda Mann, 31, and Dustin Lawrence, 30, were arrested and charged with endangering a child, endangering a child risking bodily injury, injury to a child, and four counts of intentionally abandoning/endangering a child, as Front Page Detectives reported.
In a press conference, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said five other children were found in the couple’s “filthy” RV.
When first talking with police, the couple claimed the little girl was burned in a hot shower. Mann later said the injuries were actually caused by boiling water from the stove, but it was not clear if the girl pulled down the pot or if one of her parents dumped it on her, Salazar said.
The alleged incident took place during the evening of Nov. 3, and Mann and Lawrence declined to take the child to the hospital. Instead, they treated her with a cheap burn ointment and meth, officials alleged.
The little girl fell asleep through the night, but when the parents removed the sheets covering her in the morning, the child's skin fell off, Salazar said.
During the evening on Nov. 4, the parents phoned a family friend, who suggested they take the baby to the hospital for treatment. The couple dropped the baby off at the medical facility and then left, authorities said.
The two reprehensible parents were arrested on November 5th, and the details emerging are even more harrowing. During a search of their home, authorities found 2-month-old twins who, it appears, were born in the family's trailer without any medical attention. They also found three more children—ages two, six, and eight. Shockingly, the couple had left the 8-year-old responsible for the care of all the younger children.
It’s unthinkable. Ghouls like these should never be allowed to walk free again.
