Last week summary

January 7
Robert McDougal, 55, from Boulder Creek, CA faces multiple felony charges of child abuse for "a series of acts committed against a single victim over a period of several months. The victim was a member of the McDougal household." The report later states that the child told a trusted adult outside the family about the abuse. That trusted adult promptly reported the matter. Faith McDougal, 57, is also charged with child endangerment.

A Kersey, Colorado man hit his 12-year old son so hard that he broke his nose. Duane David Mix, 39, is also charged with assaulting his wife, a daughter and traumatizing two other children. He bonded out of jail for $3,500.

In Pryor, Oklahoma 25-year-old Trae Allan Choate was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to felony child abuse against his infant daughter. Choate admitted to putting his finger down the baby's throat when she wouldn't stop crying. The child spent 26 days in the hospital. Since his arrest, Choate has been caught with possession of drug paraphenelia. Sixteen of the 20 year sentence are suspended, leaving a FOUR YEAR SENTENCE FOR THIS GEM OF A HUMAN BEING!

The last story for this day blows my theory of adoptive parents as incapable of being abusers. Renee Bowman, 44, was convicted of child abuse against her 7-year old adopted daughter. The girl confronted her mom in court, stating that people "should never do things to a little girl." The mother is accused of killing two other adopted daughters and keeping their bodies in a freezer.