Miami mother facing felony charge after child arrived for therapy session with black eye

MIAMI — A Miami mother is facing a felony charge of child neglect after her daughter made some disturbing allegations to police.

Miami Police Special Victims Unit detectives were called to Kristi House, a children’s advocacy center in the city, on Tuesday afternoon after a therapist alerted officials about an 8-year-old girl who had a black eye.

The therapist told police the she had known the girl for several months, and that when she arrived for scheduled therapy session, the girl said her mother had punched her in the eye, according to an arrest report…

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