South Carolina – A South Carolina man was ordered to serve five decades behind bars after pleading guilty to homicide by child abuse and admitting to causing his child’s death last year. The 35-year-old man, WiIbur, reportedly killed his 4-year-old child, H-H0pe, in February last year.
The 4-year-old victim was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition, unresponsive, and suffering from severe burns covering approximately half of her body. Medical examinations revealed that she had no brain activity due to the extent of her injuries. She was taken off life support and pronounced dead shortly after.
Authorities in South Carolina uncovered that the father had subjected his child to a scaIding hot bath as a form of punishment due to issues related to potty training. He held her down in the water, causing immediate first-degree burns. The incident was witnessed by the girl’s younger and older siblings, who later provided forensic interviews detailing the abuse they had observed…