A Wichita foster mother and day care provider is going to prison for beating and burning her 2-year-old daughter over a potty training accident.
Ija M. Hall, 30, was sentenced to 61 months in prison Friday after a Sedgwick County judge denied her request for probation, court records show. She pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse in July.
Police have said that on Sept. 5, 2024, Hall forced the toddler to sit in bathwater that was so hot it caused second-degree burns and some of the girl’s skin to slough off. Initially, Hall lied to hospital staff and authorities about how the girl was burned, claiming at first that the girl sat in a firepit while kids were making s’mores during a friend’s anniversary barbecue party…