Sentenced: Veteran Suffering From PTSD Knocks Out Wife’s 12YO Daughter After She Refuses To Clean Her Room

[Sugar Cookie]

Dustin Woodrow Pierce is facing child abuse charges and remains at the Lincoln County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond.

According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Marcus Peebles responded to a domestic call shortly before 8 p.m. Nov. 22. Peebles arrived at the home and went upstairs.

“At the time of contact, the victim was hysterical, severely manic and repeatedly stated no and she was sorry,” Peebles wrote.

The girl’s mother told Peebles she was downstairs and her daughter upstairs in her room. She said Pierce told her daughter to clean the room but she refused to do so, cops say. Pierce allegedly told the mother if she won’t “handle this, I will” and went to the victim’s room. The mother walked up to the room and as she got to the top of the stairs, she reportedly saw Pierce — who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and over 300 pounds — hit the girl in the head near her temple with the back of his hand three times. The mother told 911 dispatchers that her daughter had lost consciousness.

Pierce allegedly told the girl “you’re fine and you’re weak.” The mother told Pierce not to put his hands on the girl but he allegedly pushed her away and said he was going into town. As Pierce was yelling at the victim, she was “unable to respond.” When her mother checked on her, the girl began “breathing heavily” and screaming, according to Peebles. The deputy noted that he did not notice any injuries on the girl, but at the hospital doctors diagnosed her with a concussion. She also was “unable to maintain a proper balance,” per Peebles.

Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Wood told Lincoln News Now that further medical testing showed the 12-year-old girl had “substantial injuries to her brain.” The victim has to work with a physical therapist to regain motor functions, the outlet reported.

According to prosecutors, Pierce is a military veteran with “severe” post-traumatic stress disorder who is currently slated to go to an “intensive in-patient” PTSD clinic on Dec. 30.

“Defendant has specialized military training and is a danger to himself and others,” prosecutors said.

Veteran suffering from PTSD knocks out wife's daughter after she refuses to clean room: Cops

A Missouri man is behind bars after cops say he repeatedly hit a 12-year-old girl in the head, causing her to lose consciousness and suffer a concussion.

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[cubby]

Anger issues and PTSD is no excuse for beating on a 12 year old girl.

I remember those days when my kids nearly drove me around the bed, but you don't beat them. Mother needs to get her children away from this guy before he snaps and kills somebody.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Anger issues and PTSD is no excuse for beating on a 12 year old girl.

I remember those days when my kids nearly drove me around the bed, but you don't beat them. Mother needs to get her children away from this guy before he snaps and kills somebody.

I hope mom does not forgive him and allow him back into the home.

He is a controlling abusive piece of shit which has nothing to do with his PTSD.

 

[Kitsune Faye]

I hope mom does not forgive him and allow him back into the home.

He is a controlling abusive piece of shit which has nothing to do with his PTSD.

I agree. But if your parent orders or asks you to clean your room, you do so, no questions asked. All you should say is “Yes, sir/ma’am”. Saves you from getting disciplined. But this asshole knocked this poor girl out because he could. I hope she gets better, and they toss this abusive, cruel bully under the jail. I’m disgusted. Like, he can die.

 

[BuffettGirl]

I agree. But if your parent orders or asks you to clean your room, you do so, no questions asked. All you should say is “Yes, sir/ma’am”. Saves you from getting disciplined. But this asshole knocked this poor girl out because he could. I hope she gets better, and they toss this abusive, cruel bully under the jail. I’m disgusted. Like, he can die.

Yes Ma'am!!!

 

[runninfawn]

I agree. But if your parent orders or asks you to clean your room, you do so, no questions asked. All you should say is “Yes, sir/ma’am”. Saves you from getting disciplined. But this asshole knocked this poor girl out because he could. I hope she gets better, and they toss this abusive, cruel bully under the jail. I’m disgusted. Like, he can die.

i have never see a child of any age say yes sir/ma'am when told to do something even if disciplined everytime they don't jump to do it right now... what i found worked, most of the time, was taking something away from them till what ever you wanted them to do was done...... ex. hand over your phone, tablet , laptop, toys, t.v. time etc till the job is done... so their choice of doing it when asked and getting back their previledges or wait and do without till they decide it is better to do it right away and get previledges back sooner than later lol....

 

[Aedia]

i have never see a child of any age say yes sir/ma'am when told to do something even if disciplined everytime they don't jump to do it right now... what i found worked, most of the time, was taking something away from them till what ever you wanted them to do was done...... ex. hand over your phone, tablet , laptop, toys, t.v. time etc till the job is done... so their choice of doing it when asked and getting back their previledges or wait and do without till they decide it is better to do it right away and get previledges back sooner than later lol....

For most children, it works like a charm! Or take it away until they do it plus x amount of time. If it's something the child really loves or wants, it will become like habit to listen over time.
Sometimes it gets more difficult again as a teen though lol

 

[Kitsune Faye]

i have never see a child of any age say yes sir/ma'am when told to do something even if disciplined everytime they don't jump to do it right now... what i found worked, most of the time, was taking something away from them till what ever you wanted them to do was done...... ex. hand over your phone, tablet , laptop, toys, t.v. time etc till the job is done... so their choice of doing it when asked and getting back their previledges or wait and do without till they decide it is better to do it right away and get previledges back sooner than later lol....

In my household, it was either do what I was ordered/asked to, or get disciplined. What you stated above was what Mom would do. My father on the other hand would’ve done what that asshole did, on top of the beatings and torture he ended up heaping on me in my early twenties.

 

[runninfawn]

For most children, it works like a charm! Or take it away until they do it plus x amount of time. If it's something the child really loves or wants, it will become like habit to listen over time.
Sometimes it gets more difficult again as a teen though lol

i fostered only teens and did it for nearly 20 years and yes it got harder at times but with them it was also easy to say ok i will do it and i will add how long it took me so i will demand that time when i want to and i sure would when they had planned a school dance, meeting with friends ect they i would call in the time they owed me or to tell them sorry you can't do this or that till you do what you are suppose to have done and done it my way as i will inspect lol ... the word spread around fast of how i worked so the teens were aware of it when they moved in and wouldn't push their luck .. then came internet and yes they had their own p.c. (provided by us) so internet time was also a lever lol .. i wasn't raised by my dad using corporal punishment (that was my mother's way and thank goodness she left when i was 8) so i don't believe in corporal punishment, to me it creates a vicious cycle and i sure didn't want my kids using that kind of punishment on their own kids....

 

[runninfawn]

In my household, it was either do what I was ordered/asked to, or get disciplined. What you stated above was what Mom would do. My father on the other hand would’ve done what that asshole did, on top of the beatings and torture he ended up heaping on me in my early twenties.

i am so sorry you had to go through that ... my heart breaks for you that is something that must tow heavily on your mental health cuz i know that what my "mother" put us through really affected me emotionally and and mentally .... i only forgave her when she died and now i wish i could have done it much earlier in live because as long as i didn't forgive her she had control over that part of my live .. i forgave her but will never forget but i did learn a valuable lesson from her and that is never be like her and never let my kids be abused by anyone cuz i know how it feels ...

 

[420702]

Why slap the daughter when he has a perfectly good wife to slap?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

It seems like this man has been a problem and mom is an enabler. He caused serious injuries to this child.

Missouri man tells 12-year-old stepdaughter she is "fine" and "too weak" after knocking her out for not cleaning her room.

Dustin Pierce left his 12-year-old stepdaughter concussed and suffering from "substantial injuries to her brain" according to doctors.

On the day of the incident Pierce allegedly told his 12-year-old stepdaughter to clean her room. When the young girl refused Pierce, who is 5'10" and weighs 300lbs, told the girl's mother that if she wouldn't handle the girl's defiance, he would. The mother told the police "as she arrived at the top of the stairs to attempt to 'referee the situation,' she witnessed Pierce strike her daughter".

She said Pierce used the back of his hand to strike the child 3 times in quick succession near her temple. The young girl immediately dropped to the ground, completely unconscious. When the mother tried to intervene, Pierce shoved her away and declared to the unconscious girl "you're fine and you're weak". The young girl woke up with uneven breathing and started screaming, confused.

According to the prosecuting attorney, Michael Wood, the young girl has brain injuries which will require physical therapy in order to regain motor functions.

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24L6-CR01211 - ST V DUSTIN WOODROW PIERCE (E-CASE)

DESCRIPTION: Domestic Assault - 2nd Degree
Defendant sentenced to 5 Years of SIS Probation w P&P. 1) Successfully complete Veterans Court in St. Charles Co 2) all standard conditions of probation and Court Costs
SUPERVISED PROBATION: 5 YEARS

START DATE: 09/05/2025