A mother in Washington state is facing charges after authorities allege she abused a 3-year-old child “to the brink of death.” People confirmed police reports alleging that 40-year-old Sarah Lynn Morrill has been charged with unlawful imprisonment domestic violence, first-degree assault of a child domestic violence, third-degree assault of a child, first-degree criminal mistreatment domestic violence, and tampering with a witness. Related: Michael Madsen Arrested For Trespassing One Month After Son Dies By Apparent Suicide Per The Olympian, the woman is currently being held on a $200,000 bond.
Her partner, Nicholas Chernysheff, is also facing charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment, and he is being held on a $50,000 bond.
According to a probable cause statement obtained by the newspaper, police were called on a report of an unresponsive child at a home in the city of Olympia late last week.
Once there, they found a child lying naked on the ground. Chernysheff claimed the kid had fallen in the bathroom, but police reported they saw “several cuts and bruises” on the child’s body, along with the child allegedly being “very thin and malnourished.” Once medical staff were called, they observed that the child was only 24 pounds.
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