Heinous case of child abuse compares boys to ‘prisoners of war’

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'Authorities in Texas are comparing a disturbing case of child abuse to that of treatment of prisoners of war.

KPRC in Houston reports Sandra Anna Gonzalez is accused of severely starving and beating two of her sons. She is charged with two counts of injury to a child.
The details came to light last year when an elementary school administrator reported the abuse to authorities after observing Gonzalez’s 10-year-old son with a black eye.
“The 10-year-old told the administrator that he did not want to go home because his mother was abusing him, according to court documents. School administrators immediately called authorities,” KPRC reports.

The boy told investigators his mother shot him and his brother with a BB gun.

According to KPRC, in addition to the bruises and scrapes on the boy’s knees and around his eye, deputies saw numerous scrapes and bruising on the tops of his hands and bruising and swelling on his back.  The boy also appeared to be severely malnourished, and investigators said they could clearly see his ribs and spine. Investigators documented that the child looked “like a prisoner of war who had been starved.”

Investigators also found similar injuries on the boy’s 12-year-old brother.
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Gonzalez had three girls, ages 5, 10 and 14, but they all appeared to be in good health. It was her boys that she would take her anger out on, investigators say.'