Child abuse allegations prompt welfare check on children, West Liberty KY
Family OffenseChild protective services requested police assistance to check on children after allegations that the stepfather had physically abused the nine-year-old girl in the past. There are concerns about possible abuse to her two younger siblings, a five-year-old and a three-year-old. Officers are asked to contact the children at a local elementary school and a residence near Jones Creek.
Audio|Source: Morgan County Public Safety
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827. The county social services is requesting assistance.
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(name withheld).
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Go ahead.
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(name withheld). It's going to be (name withheld). She advised that she was court ordered to investigate a custody issue.
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And while investigating that, there were allegations of physical abuse disclosed.
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A nine-year-old female, (name withheld),
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advised that her previous stepfather, (name withheld),
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had hit her hard enough to leave marks on her ribs.
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(name withheld) advised that she didn't currently have any marks on her. This was in the past, right?
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Go ahead.
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The juvenile also disclosed that he had possibly hit her two siblings, which are his two children, a five-year-old male and a three-year-old male.
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She's requesting you assist her with making contact with the five-year-old at Reasley Elementary and then with a three-year-old at an address near Jones Creek.
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At near Jones Creek, she believes that the 3-year-old is going to be at near Jones Creek with a grandmother at this time.
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Location mentioned:
Near Jones Creek Rd, West Liberty, KY 41472
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