VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Two people are behind bars after a 6-year-old girl showed up at school on Thursday with bruises on her face, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says.
The bruises led deputies to launch an investigation, which found the girl had experienced physical abuse that the suspects allegedly tried to cover up by keeping her out of school for two days, according to deputies.
When deputies spoke with the svictim, she said she was hungry and hadn’t been eating much, the sheriff’s office says.
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Deputies say Jeffrey Morales, 29, is now facing a charge of child abuse. Melissa Husk, 35, is also facing a charge of child abuse, as well as failing to intervene.
Body camera video shows deputies arresting one of the suspects inside the school.
“There’s bruises all over her body—that’s called child abuse,” a deputy can be heard saying.
The video then cuts to a woman being arrested outside a home.
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Deputies say that while speaking with them, the 6-year-old drew a picture for a sergeant, which she will keep in her patrol car.