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Texas Mom Who Glued Daughter's Hands to Wall Gets 99 Years in Prison
The
Texas mom who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued her hands to a wall was
sentenced today to 99 years in prison.
Judge
Larry Mitchell gave the life sentence to a tearful Elizabeth Escalona, 23,
because "you savagely beat your child to the edge of death."
The
sentence came down after five days of painful testimony in the case, as
prosecutors showed pictures of the beaten toddler to Escalona and asked her if
she was a "monster."
"A monster did
this," prosecutor Eren Price told Escalona, according toABC News affiliate WFAA..
Escalona,
who had pleaded guilty in July, nodded and replied, "Yes." World Hot Topics Blog
The
attack on the child came after Escalona became frustrated with potty training.
Testimony from the girl's siblings revealed that Escalona kicked the girl in
the stomach and hit her with a milk judge before gluing her hands to the wall.
The girl was hospitalized in a coma from the beating and some skin had been
torn off her hands, doctors testified.
The
mother of three pleaded for leniency during her sentencing hearing, begging the
judge to consider that she had been sexually abused as a child. But
cross-examination by the prosecutors pointed out that Escalona was a
consistently abusive mother who did drugs and beat her children.
Escalona
admitted to using drugs since the age of 13, smoking marijuana while she was
pregnant, and doing drugs and drinking while out on bond for a prior felony
charge. World Hot Topics Blog
The
prosecution projected the words "LIAR" and "MONSTER" on a
screen above Escalona's head during cross-examination.
Escalona
said she did not clearly remember the beating she gave to her daughter in 2011
that left the toddler hospitalized. She could not recall where she got glue and
had no idea why she glued her child's hands to the wall.
Escalona's
family cried out as Mitchell announced the sentence, later hanging their heads
in their laps and crying, according to the Dallas Morning News. Escalona showed
little emotion.
Escalona
will be eligible for parole in 30 years. Her children are now in the custody of
the state.
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