Mom Accused Of Beating Son/History of Abuse

[One2Snoop]

Why in gawds name did authorities allow this child to be with his mother? Her 3 month old died in 2003 from shaken baby syndrome!

Mom Accused Of Beating Son In Wal-Mart

POSTED: 8:27 am PDT August 14, 2007

MESA, Ariz. -- A 29-year-old woman was arrested Sunday, accused of beating her 10-year-old son bloody at a Mesa Wal-Mart, the East Valley Tribune reported.

Mesa police confirmed that witnesses said they saw Tina Lynn Tatum repeatedly punch her son in the head, stomach and back and drag him by his feet inside the store.

Tatum is on lifetime probation for child abuse for her involvement in the 2003 death of her 3-month-old baby, the Tribune reported. Her then-boyfriend, 32-year-old Pedro Peralta, was sentenced to life in prison for shaking the baby to death.

Tatum was booked on suspicion of child abuse, police confirmed.
Her son was placed in a relative's care.

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