Texas Woman Facing Charges in Abuse of 1-Year-Old Son

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Texas Woman Facing Charges in Abuse of 1-Year-Old Son

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Bryan Rupp

Story Created: Aug 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM CST

Story Updated: Aug 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM CST

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Texas woman faces a criminal charge after police say she purposely disconnected the feeding tube providing nourishment to her hospitalized 1-year-old son.

Twenty-seven-year-old Tonya Robinson of Wake Village, Texas, is being held without bond at the Pulaski County jail. Little Rock police say officials at Arkansas Children's Hospital became suspicious of Robinson after her son Dakota gained weight in their care, but suddenly began to lose weight again.

Police say Robinson disconnected her son's feeding tube from his abdomen and hid his formula inside his diaper.

Robinson faces a count of endangering the welfare of a minor. It was not immediately clear if she had a lawyer.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Thursday, Aug 27 at 8:05 PM Anon wrote ...

Personally, I think that a child abuser such as this should be given the death penalty. Why pay thousands and thousands of $$$ to keep a worthless human like that alive in prison. But, she should be hooked to a feeding tube, then have it turned off so she could slowly and miserably starve to death the way she was going to do her child.

Thursday, Aug 27 at 1:51 PM ANONYMOUS wrote ...

I think people who do this to children should go to jail & while they are there should be fixed so they can never have any more...

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