Tammy Smith and her handiwork.  Yes, those burns say “WIMP”.

Moundsville, WV – Tammy Smith, 43, thinks her six-year-old daughter is a wimp, and she doesn’t care who knows it.  Last week, Smith’s little girl tripped and fell down.  But rather than comfort her child, Smith burned the word “WIMP” into the side of her daughter’s neck, branding the child.  That’ll teach her, Tammy!  A teacher at the little girl’s school saw the burns, which as you can see above are complete with a dotted “I” and a cigarette burn.  The teacher, horrified, took pictures of the little girl’s neck – and then called police.

The child told investigators that her mommy gets mad when she cries, and was upset because she cried when she fell down.  The little girl thought her mother used a cigarette to burn her neck, although it’s not clear what she used to brand the “WIMP” into the child’s skin – could have been the side of a freshly lit cigarette, I suppose, but to me it looks more like a wire or a paper clip. This was not a one-second branding – it was torture that took minutes to inflict.

Regardless of implement, it was obvious to police and pretty much anyone with a lick of sense that Tammy Smith does not need to be parenting.  The little girl was immediately taken into foster care, and Smith was arrested and charged with five counts of child abuse and malicious assault.  She was booked into the Northern Regional Jail on FridayFriday reviews and is being held on $50,000 bond.

Dakota Valkyrie is on this story in our forums.

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