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ANDERSON, Ind. (WTHR) — An Anderson woman is in jail facing neglect charges as her young son fights for his life.
"There's no justification for what happened to this child, there's none whatsoever," said Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings.
He's talking about 4-year-old Jacob Velasco Reyes, a boy fighting for his life in an Indianapolis hospital.
A Department of Child Services case manager found the little boy had serious injuries during a visit to his Anderson home last week.
"Development had been stunted, bruises throughout the body, injuries to the head, lethargic to the extent, basically not conscious, had burns on both ears," Cummings said.
The boy's mother, 28-year-old Kathryn Hill, was arrested on a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent.
It's not the first time, Hill has faced charges like this.
"She's been convicted before of neglect of a dependent," said Cummings. "It's sickening because this child had already been made a ward of the state and for some reason, DCS puts the child back with the mother who has a pretty serious drug problem."
Jacob's father, who is Hill's ex-husband, said he can't understand why DCS put the child back in her custody. He said his son was safe with him and never should have been given back to a mom with a history of violence.
Anderson mom facing neglect charges after DCS finds child seriously injured
Anderson police arrested 28-year-old Kathryn Hill on a neglect of a dependent charge.
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