If you consider tying a 2-year-old up with shoelaces and then beating her for soiling her pants as great.
SAN ANTONIO – This story starts when a couple brought in their 2-year-old for a hair cut. WitnessesWitnesses reviews
noticed a large bruise on the child’s face as well as burn marks on her wrists. They also noticed she was wearing heavy clothing on a day it was not required. When asked about the injuries, the step-mother, 23-year-old Danelle Cowan, stated the girl had been punished for going to the bathroom in her pants. She also remarked that chili had been put in her mouth. When the witnesses told the father, 23-year-old Christopher Cowan, that the child did not look so hot and may need a hospital visit, he stated the child was ‘fine as long as she was walking.’
“She was holding her face down where she was trying to focus … she was all red and swollen,†witness Rachel Moreno said.â€
In a shocking move, someone filed a child abuse report. Police went to their home to investigate the allegationsand as is the norm with these stories, the couple originally stated the child was responsible for all of her injuries and that she had not been abused. Regardless, Child Protective Services was contacted, and the child was taken to Santa Rosa Hospital for a medical screening. DoctorsDoctors reviews discovered additional injuries during the exam, and it was determined the child’s injuries were consistent with “inflicted trauma caused by child abuse.”
Christopher Cowen then changed his tune and stated they had been having difficulty potty training the child and that he had allowed his wife to beat the child for three days, including tying up the girl with shoelaces and beating her. Christopher Cowan, was charged with injury to a child by omission and was jailed on a $50,000 bond. Danelle Cowen has been charged with injury to a child and jailed on a $75,000 bond. Both are currently being held in the Bexar County Jail.
The girl was released from the hospital. She and three other children who were living in West Side home are staying with relatives. Kudos to someone doing the right thing and stepping in.
3:31 pm on January 18th, 2008
The women at that salon probably saved that baby’s life.
What amazes me is that the father and stepmother took the child to a salon for a haircut with obvious injuries, like “everyone beats their kids, no big.” Holy cats. What kind of parent burns a child, ties her up, beats her, does god knows what else to her, and then says “wow, little So&So needs a haircut. Let’s go to the salon.” WTF?
3:41 pm on January 18th, 2008
I think this is the first story on the site in which the step-mother was doing the abusing. I may be wrong, but I cannot remember another story being posted.
4:02 pm on January 18th, 2008
I think the only reason we don’t see more of these stories is because the mother is usually the custodial parent.
Unfortunately, the biggest danger to a child is the unrelated partner of the parent that lives in the same household. If the parent doesn’t give two shits about the kid, then the kid doesn’t stand a chance.
4:06 pm on January 18th, 2008
Bravo to the women that work there. It is a nice to hear that people will do the right thing.
Hopefully the little 2 year old will not ever have to go back!
4:20 pm on January 18th, 2008
Assholes beating the little girl because she pooped her pants. WTF
4:33 pm on January 18th, 2008
u know my son will be three in three days.i would never push potty training on him,they do it when they r ready.fortunatly he is getting undies for his b-day,if i was the the lady in the salon.i probably would have started hitting the mother.after i took the child to the back and called the police.it would be worth the jail time!!lol
5:14 pm on January 18th, 2008
I am so DAMN sick of kids paying for their parents meaness. These fuckin cowards need to try to mess with someone their own size and see how that works. Where is the brakes on these people? I really, really , hate this shit. Spay and neuter these parents.
9:26 pm on January 18th, 2008
All children potty train at different times some before 2 some after 4 whatever. What the fuck is wrong with these kind of people. Of course it’s frustrating when you are potty training my son, 3 refuses to poop (has been peeing for over a year) in the pot (one time he did and the water hit him after his deposit he flipped haha). I’m patient I could never imagine getting that mad.
I hate people like this, fuck them let them rot!
11:29 pm on January 18th, 2008
thank God that these woman said something!! Otherwise we would be reading a completely different story. I really like how the woman said, “we would NEVER do something like that to our kids!” KUDOS.
What is sad though is these parents are probably just going to go to a couple of classes and get the kid back.
We went through potty training a year ago. My son still has accidents. Would I beat him and tie him with shoelaces? NO! He has to change himself. that is proper punishment for a child pooing/peeing themselves.
12:33 am on January 19th, 2008
Sickening. Just truly sickening. Why don’t these parents give their baby away? I think they enjoy being sadistic.
1:13 am on January 19th, 2008
I ask my little one, who will be 3 march 1st if she needs to go and she tells me NO then runs off and comes back 5 minutes later and says “I’m pooey. Change me” Eventually, she’ll get tired of it.
3:26 am on January 19th, 2008
me too!
also amazed me is the father did alot of talking … sounds like he was pointing fingers at his wife hoping to slip thru the crack.
which partent had custody ? where is the mother ?
The media has no concern for the women at the hair salon’s safety – people like this have families most likely that will seek revenge for not minding their own business. – This worries me.
3:43 am on January 19th, 2008
My son potty trained himself (finally) at 3.75 years one day when I refused to let him keep his wet diaper on (we were having a battle of the wills between two well-armed individuals)–I offered him a new diaper, he refused it so I offered him the underwear I’d been trying to get him to wear for a year and a half and to my utter shock he took me up on it. 2 days and 5 accidents later he was completely pee-trained. Pooping in the pot took a little while longer, but only a few weeks.
Kids will train when they’re ready–really, what’s wrong with changing an extra dirty diaper or ninety over the course of one’s lifetime? My MIL has been changing the diapers every day on my disabled SIL for 28 years now and I have an aunt who’s been a pediatric hospital nurse for 40 years. I’ve never heard them complain once about a dirty diaper and they’ve changed more than most people outside of their situations!
7:47 am on January 19th, 2008
I think — and I offer this THEORY with great affection for children — that kids find the whole toilet training idea to be bizarre. Looking at it from a child’s pov, “After all, life has been fine without it, why should I suddenly have to interrupt my play, restrain myself, go to a room and sit on a cold pot?” And then I think for most kids, changing time is a nice time with Mommy or Daddy. The child gets alone time, focused attention, gets to be cared for and made comfortable — why give that up? So of course it takes time.
My friend was trying to toilet train her son and so she and I would hold these artificial conversations about, “I LOVE to use the grown up potty.” “Oh, me, too! It’s much the best way.” He would just stare at us suspiciously. Then one time I was on the toilet and he opened the door and came in. My friend called, “Yes, there’s no privacy with children.” So mustering my dignity, I said very simply, “See? I DO use the grown-up toilet.” It was so funny to see the wheels start to turn in his mind, “This isn’t all some stupid thing Mom made up.”
10:49 am on January 19th, 2008
I actually read somewhere that the toilet actually scares alot ofkids. After all, you pull ahandle and the stuff inside it disappears. I guess many kids are afraid that if they sit on it, they will get sucked away.
10:39 pm on February 11th, 2009
For all who is concerned about what happened last year with Makayla (the little girl that was abused in this story), She is doing amazing, she lives with me (the mother). I had no idea the abuse was going on because they were keeping her from seeing me. They even moved so I could not find them or so was I told. She is doing great and will be starting Pre-K this fall. She remembers everything and is still seeing a child psycologist. Christopher got 7 years probation and Danelle is on the run, she cut her monitor bracelet off and is now on the run. Makayla is very mature for her age and is VERY HAPPY!! I thank these women for saving my daughter’s life and I will be paying them a visit on Makayla’s 4th Birthday. She is great and no matter what my fiancee’ and I will love her unconditionally and will do what it takes to get her through everything.
2:24 pm on May 28th, 2009
It really amazes me that the father of Makayla started pointing fingers at the stepmother. If you research the history of the father you would see
where the abused started. The stepmother only communicated for the
parents of Makayla. Danelle is a “MOM” not a ABUSER. For those that know
her.
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