Joshua Teter Has Anger Issues, Fiance Was Aware, Expressed Not Knowing How To Deal With Them

[Sugar Cookie]

Police in Missouri have now charged a day care-owning couple with multiple counts of child abuse after one of the owners was already facing criminal charges for allegedly breaking a 1-year-old’s femur in a fit of rage when the child wouldn’t put away a toy.

Macon County police first charged 28-year-old Joshua Teter with the femur-breaking allegations stemming from an alleged incident at the day care run by his fiancé, Faith Walker, last week. Teter was hit again this week with different charges involving another incident from Nov. 1, 2022, according to local CBS affiliate KTVO.

This time, police say Teter is charged with abusing a 3-year-old who was crying and upset after his grandmother had dropped him off. Walker came to Teter exasperated that she could not calm the child, police said. When Teter stepped in, the child spit in Teter’s direction and he allegedly backhanded the child so hard, that the toddler was knocked off of his feet.

Walker allegedly did not see Teter smack the boy but reportedly saw them together later that same day as her fiancé was holding onto the boy’s arm while they were walking.

The child fell, she allegedly told police, forcing the boy’s arm to jerk erratically while still in Teter’s grip. His upper arm ended up being fractured, according to X-rays secured by the child’s family and later shared with authorities.

Missouri ABC affiliate KMIZ reported Tuesday that there was no day care registered in the state under Walker’s name. Court records reportedly only described her as the owner and Teter as her fiancé.

Teter was charged for the first time last week after the Macon County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into repeated and strange injuries cropping up at the day care Walker ran. It was a hotline call that alerted them to the femur-breaking incident.

KMIZ reported that Teter confessed to police that he caused the break and that he said the child was not “putting away a carpet square” properly, so out of frustration, he yanked the boy by his arm and to the floor forcefully. The child’s body was twisted so hard as Teter pulled on him that police said it resulted in the fracture of his femur.

He also allegedly told police he has a history of anger issues. Walked was also allegedly aware of these problems, but police said she expressed not knowing how to deal with them.

Day care owners abused kids, man with long history of anger allegedly broke child's femur: Cops

Faith Walker and her fiance Joshua Teter face multiple child abuse charges after police say Teter broke a child's femur in a fit of rage and Walker ignored multiple signs and instances of abuse.

lawandcrime.com

 

[thatsmallgrl]

He also allegedly told police he has a history of anger issues. Walker was also allegedly aware of these problems, but police said she expressed not knowing how to deal with them.

Leaving him would have been a good option.

Idiot.

 

[Busy Bee]

Does he only have his “anger issues” in dealings with those who are smaller and easy to overpower or does it extend to those of equal size or larger than him?

 

[Symmachus]

Having "anger issues" means yelling at people on occasion. It means disproportionally reacting to certain things that set a person uniquely off. It means being disappointed with oneself, but sometimes pushing that disappointment of the self onto someone else. Having a short temper does not make someone evil by itself.

But chalking this type of child abuse to "anger issues" simplifies it a bit too much, in my opinion. Beating up and breaking the bones of toddlers and babies goes way beyond mere anger issues. To single out a person who is clearly much physically weaker like that is pure malice. Even if his reaction was knee-jerk and he "didn't think about it in the moment", that's still does not hold enough water.

And speaking of water, the guy pictured here is the only Faith Walker I care about. Okay, and also the guys on the ship, too, but this guy is marquee of 'em all!

 

[Hermy]

This time, police say Teter is charged with abusing a 3-year-old who was crying and upset after his grandmother had dropped him off.

The child knew these two were evil but didn't have the words needed to express it.

 

[DaveL]

Did somebody swap their facial features in Photoshop? He looks like he has too little face in too much head, while she's the opposite.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

23MA-CR00367-01 - ST V JOSHUA LEONDON TETER (E-CASE)

Charge: Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child Under Section 568.060.5(1) - No Sexual Contact

Guilty Plea - 12/18/2024

Incarceration DOC

Sentence Date: 02/25/2025

Start Date: 02/25/2025

Length: 7 Years

23MA-CR00364-01 - ST V JOSHUA LEONDON TETER (E-CASE)

Charge: Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child Under Section 568.060.5(1) - No Sexual Contact

Guilty Plea - 12/18/2024

Incarceration DOC

Sentence Date: 02/25/2025

Start Date: 02/25/2025

Length: 7 Years

Joshua Leondon Teter

Assigned Location: Northeast Correctional Center

Sentence Summary: 14 Years (7, 7 CS)

Active Offenses: Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child

Completed Offenses: Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child