LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) – The parents of a child who was taken to the hospital with burns to her hands and bruises to her face have been arrested, according to the Lafayette Police Department.
The child was originally hospitalized on March 9 with second-degree burns to his face. His face and torso also showed signs of bruising, leading to an initial police investigation. That investigation led to the arrest of the child’s father, Preston King, 34, of Lafayette.
Police determined that the child’s injuries were the result of negligence on the part of both parents and a second arrest warrant was issued for the child’s mother, Alexandra King, 33, of Lafayette.
Both parents were committed to Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, each facing a case of second-degree juvenile cruelty.
cruelty to young people
Louisiana law defines second-degree juvenile cruelty as “the willful or negligent abuse or neglect of a child under the age of seventeen by a person over the age of seventeen resulting in serious physical harm or neurological impairment to that child.”
The punishment, if found guilty, can see the offender in prison for up to 40 years.
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