CHARLES CITY, Iowa – A Floyd County woman is accused of violently abusing a young child.
Samantha Ann Slaughter, 37 of Charles City, was arrested Monday and booked into the Floyd County Jail for child endangerment-serious injury. Slaughter is being held on $20,000 cash only bond.
Investigators say Slaughter physically assaulted the young child on February 13 in the home they share in the 300 block of 8th Avenue. Court documents state Slaughter forcefully grabbed the child’s face, force fed them food, shook and jerked their head and face, hit them in the face with the child’s own hands, forced the child to the floor by grabbing their neck, and slammed the child on the floor…