WOODWAY, Texas (TCD) — Authorities recently detained a woman accused of pulling her child's hair and head and forcing him to drink from the toilet.
According to a news release from Woodway Public Safety Department (PSD), a child arrived at the school in tears and told school officials that he had been taken to the bathroom. Claudia Velediaz-Bonifazi allegedly forced her child to drink toilet water, causing the boy's hair to fall out. Authorities did not specify Belle Diaz-Bonifage's relationship to her victim, but said the boy was in her care at the time.
PSD collaborated with Child Protective Services on this case. Investigators allege the child suffered multiple incidents of violence, including being “beaten, hit with miscellaneous objects, and withheld food for extended periods of time.”
Authorities arrested Veledíaz-Bonifazi on Wednesday, April 3, on a charge of injury to a child with intent to cause bodily harm.
Authorities said the child was safely placed with family.
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