Venessa Woods and Reginald Hardin tortured Woods’ 22-month-old

[nurseronda]

VICTORVILLE — A mother and her boyfriend were arrested on suspicion of torturing her 21-month-old child, who weighs just 10 pounds, authorities said Tuesday.


The infant is currently in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center suffering from burns to her feet, arms, chest and genitals, as well as a lacerated liver and a distended stomach due to blunt force trauma, said Detective Randy German of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Victorville station.


Authorities said that there were cigarette burns on her arms and chest, her feet were completely burnt possibly by putting the child’s feet in scalding water, and the burns on her genitals were “consistent with being burned with a curling iron.”


“I’ve been on the department 10 years and this is the worst call I’ve ever been on,” said Detective Ryan Collins, referring to the severity of the child’s injuries.


Officials arrested the girl’s biological mother, Vanessa Woods, 22, and her boyfriend Reginald Hardin Jr., 24, at Desert Valley Hospital on Tuesday and served a search warrant at their temporary residence at the Econo Lodge on Mariposa Road on Tuesday.


In the room, authorities found several blood stains that are to be analyzed for DNA, authorities said.


Woods reportedly took the child to Desert Valley Monday hospital after she began vomiting blood, officials said. She told doctors that the girl had a blistery rash on her forehead, so they gave the infant nearly a full adult dose of penicillin on Sunday, authorities relayed.


“Instead of taking her to the hospital at first they tried to give her apple juice and Tylenol infant drops. Then on Monday morning they said they took her socks off and her skin peeled off with the socks,” German said.


When doctors discovered the girl’s injuries, especially the scar tissue covering her anus, the adults said “they had no idea how she could’ve gotten burnt — they said they thought it was diaper rash,” German explained.


When Hardin arrived at the hospital, he apparently did so in a stolen car, and he and Woods were arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property as well as torture and child abuse, officials said.


“It appeared the child had been continually abused for several months,” German said.

It was unclear whether the child had been sexually abused as well.

VICTORVILLE • A sheriff’s detective and a social services worker told jurors Monday about their interviews with the mother of an injured baby and the mother’s boyfriend just hours after the two took the child to a hospital with burns, cuts and bruises all over the baby girl’s body.


Prosecutors say Venessa Woods, 22, and her boyfriend, Reginald Hardin, 24, abused and tortured Woods’ 22-month-old daughter.


A prosecutor and Hardin’s defense attorney questioned San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Detective Ryan Collins about discrepancies in Hardin’s initial interview with detectives regarding the time that the girl suffered scalding on her feet, and if Hardin knew how or when it happened.


Prosecutor Kathleen DiDonato noted several discrepancies within Hardin’s interview with detectives about the scalded feet, and asked Collins to read from the transcribed interview.


“He noticed something wrong the night before,” Collins testified. But the transcription also indicated that in a different part of the interview Hardin had said he didn’t notice the feet until the morning.


“Hardin said in the morning Venessa took the socks off the baby and the skin came off. Venessa said it was an allergic reaction to medication,” Collins said.


The prosecution also questioned Mary Jane Walker-Coleman, a county Social Services practitioner investigator who interviewed the couple soon after the baby was left at the hospital.


Walker-Coleman said she noticed Woods had a black eye and scratches to her hands and arms during the interview at the Victorville sheriff’s station.


“I asked her how she got the black eye and she stated that (Hardin) hit me,” Walker-Coleman said.


She said she had also asked Woods about the baby’s scalded feet, and Woods told her she thought it was a rash.


Woods’ daughter was admitted to Loma Linda University Medical Center on Jan. 22 suffering from burns to her feet, arms, chest and genitals, as well as having a lacerated liver and a distended stomach due to blunt force trauma, authorities said.


The trial continues Tuesday.

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[blue_zombie]

I want to murder these people. Seriously. I hope they die.

[Silvahalo]

I officially want these people DEAD!...oh, and I will be glad to oblige!
I want to cause cruel AND extreme pain and suffering!!

There was also redness and swelling covering the girls abdomen from blunt force trauma, said German.

As a result of the internal bleeding and swelling, Mata had to undergo surgery where doctors removed nine inches of her intestines that were dead, German said.

“Currently the victim has a colostomy bag,” German said. “They don’t know if that’s going to be permanent.”

Defense Attorney James Terrell argued that the charges should be dropped against Hardin, who had only been dating Woods for a matter of months, and was unaware of the abuse.

“My client acted responsibly, cooperated with police and had nothing to do once so ever with any burns,” said Terrell.

According to testimony, Hardin and Woods drove the girl to the hospital in a car that was later found to be stolen.

“He would never do nothing like that to a kid, I know that 100 percent,” said Darnell Moutire, who said he grew up with Hardin. “I know his character. He loved that kid, he just bought her $500 worth of clothes.”

Torture requires an intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for revenge, extortion, persuasion, or any sadistic purpose.

“Sadistic comes to mind,” said Superior Court Judge Eric Nakata.

He found sufficient evidence was provided to hold both defendants in custody on the charges. Both Woods and Hardin are charged with torture, felony child abuse, vehicle theft and receiving stolen property.

They both face life in prison if convicted....just fuck'n KILL THEM...PLEAZZZZ!!

Sweet baby Nala, recover completely and be happy in a home with people who love you.
...kisses little one.

[Rockin Ma]

This is a terrible terrible story. I really want to kill them both. Poor baby. I wish I could be her new mama.

Their mugs should be on the mugshot thread!

[TheLittleFriend]

"...Authorities said that there were cigarette burns on her arms and chest, her feet were completely burnt possibly by putting the child’s feet in scalding water, and the burns on her genitals were “consistent with being burned with a curling iron....”

Sick fucks. I'll ram hot curling iron up their anals. I cannot see how they could do this horrible things to a child? Some people don't deserve to be on earth.

[joo]

It was unclear whether the child had been sexually abused as well.

If there were curling iron burns on her genitals, then yes, she was sexually abused as well.

Glad I could clear that up.

[DarkPrincess]

[Sickia]

Holy crap, those mugshots are priceless. If this story weren't so sickening I would actually laugh. Instead I kind of want to puke.

As for the black eye, I don't what his fuckin reasons were...I'm just glad that dude popped this fucking bitch in the eye. She needs her vagina cauterized with a red-hot poker.

[Peeperann]

I say we tie them up, shove the hottest curling irons we can find up their asses and clamp a flat iron on his dick and let them stay there.

Then while they're laying there screaming from the pain, we can start scalding them with boiling oil, beating them, poke toothpicks in their eyes, ect ect.

And then only have days of torture, we kill them in even more painful ways. Envy's nail gun could come in handy................

[Harley_Tech]

How about shoving the curling irons up each of their asses, then plug them in and let them suffer through the heat up. Then a nitro glycerin enema and a trampoline. Exploding fucktards.

R

[Tazzzz]

Holy shit, What the fuck is wrong with these 2. I have seen some pretty sick shit before, but even this cross's that line, and way, way, way beyond that.

I don't see this kind of abuse happen in the USA much, but I have in Mexico. I mean no disrespect twords Hispanics, or Mexicans. Just saying what I know, I live near the border and I go down to Mexico to visit animal shelters and orphanages there and have seen some real nasty stuff. Poverty is pretty hard on babys and pets there.

They are dusting off and whipping out the grand daddy of all child abuse charges. "Torture"

Penal Code PC206 Torture

206. Every person who, with the intent to cause cruel or extreme
pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion,
or for any sadistic purpose, inflicts great bodily injury as defined
in Section 12022.7 upon the person of another, is guilty of torture.
The crime of torture does not require any proof that the victim suffered pain.
206.1. Torture is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life.

Penal Code 273a PC - Child Endangerment / Willful Harm to a Child

Willfully causing or allowing a child to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering (Willful harm to a child)

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Next court date Victorville Superior 12/15/2008 0830AM
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Vanessa is claiming to be innocent of all the abuse, she claimed the burned anus was a diaper rash. And had no idea about the ciggy burns. What a lieing bitch. There both going down for life.

Vanessa Woods, 22, told a story of abuse, control and a transient lifestyle at the hands of her boyfriend, Reginald Hardin Jr., 24, for two months from December 2007 to January. She said Hardin didn’t want her to leave and would always forcefully keep the baby with him.

“He wouldn’t let me go anywhere with my daughter because he said he didn’t want me to leave him,” Woods said.

She told of a transient lifestyle the two led from December 2007 to January, living with her mother, then with his father and on to Las Vegas. Then they moved back to the father’s house, eventually ending up in Victorville at the Econo Lodge in late January.

When Woods’ defense attorney Susan Slater showed pictures of the baby’s burned anal area, Woods said it was a diaper rash the baby had for about three weeks. Woods said her daughter’s bottom had blisters when she first saw it and told Hardin they needed to get something to clear it up.

“He said he didn’t have the money right now to do it. I just told him I needed diaper rash cream for it because I thought it was just a diaper rash even though it blistered over,” Woods said.

Slater also showed Woods pictures of smaller side-by-side burn marks on the baby’s arm. “When I saw them I asked Reggie where they came from and he said he didn’t know,” Woods testified.

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I dont need to tell you this is pretty graphic shit
12/11/08 "Video" Doctor who examined baby testifies & Forensic pediatrician who treated Baby Woods in the emergency room testifies about the extent of the injuries.
http://www.vvdailypress.com/video/in...tid=4384268001

[crickett]

He wouldn't let her take the ba by out but she DID get out to go to the store by herself. All she had to do was call 911. WHY didn't she? That baby trusted her and depended on her. In HER testimony she stated that the baby was always crying for her and reaching for her. ALL she had to do was call 911.

[AussieMum]

Oh my god!! Sweet Jesus!!

This poor baby girl. I feel gutrenchingly sick.

I hope to hell she recovers and never ever see's these sick assholes again. I hope they both get life in prison.

I can't believe anyone could do such horrid things to a baby, their own baby!! Even if the mother didn't physically do this stuff she knew!! How??? I'm horrified.

The only good thing (if that can even be said!!!!) is that they did take this sweet princess to the hospital and didn't just let her die at home and then dump her somewhere. Mind you, they let her get so bad she was almost gone!!

Oh sweet baby, big kisses and cuddles for you dear princess.

[Tazzzz]

I didnt see may people sticking up for Venessa , But Reginald had his fair share of them. Makes you want to puke even more to see any one trying to say these 2 sad sack of shitbags are good people. My God, cant they fucking read, how do they ignore the terrible things done to that poor little girl.

I sure hope it was the cops who trashed Venessa in her mug shot. She looks nothing like her mugshot anymore. Reggie kind of looks like someone poked him up the ass with a curling iron in his.

[Castille]

In the reporting they say the baby was 10lbs at 21mo, and I was like wtf, the first article is worried about her feet and not whether the child will even live? But then I saw in Dr. testimony clip, the baby was actually brought in at 22lbs - which, while underweight, isn't emaciated. That 10lbs I sa repeated by a reporter nararrating their file footage too. But do they even think about what they're saying? An almost 2yr old at 10lbs is a completely different story. Both starvation and torture are horrifying, but starvation is critically apparent to anyone who would lay eyes on such a child. Without that I have to decide whether I think this woman is really so stupid as to not see these burns for what they were. Either way, she knew she was keeping her daughter in an abusive enviornment.

[Castille]

I didnt see may people sticking up for Venessa , But Reginald had his fair share of them.

Ersh, that sort of makes an argument for her really having no where else to turn outside of Reginald. What a horrible situation, and this baby suffered for it.

[sanityslipping]

I can't believe people would do this to their own children. I read this, and I cried for that poor poor baby. I just went and gave my daughter a cookie, because I felt bad for this little girl. I don't know if it makes sense or not, why I did it, cuz I'm not sure. She wouldn't sit still long enough for me to hold her, so she got a cookie instead. How can people do that? It makes me sick. I hope one day, she finds somebody to love her.

[Morgana]

I will never understand the concept of hurting and torturing a child because you can't control your own anger. But inconceivable is the constant sexual brutality of so many of these crimes.
"I hate my daughter so I think I'll heat up my curling iron and burn her ass off" or was it "I'm so pissed I'm a put my foot, no wait, your mother's hot curling iron up your ass..." I mean where in the FUCK does this sick ass shit come into play? This is so grotesque and demented that jail shouldn't be an option.

You know little Kyle, 3, killed in Brooklyn, the "godmother" sodomized him with an object before killing him; Nixmary Brown tortured and thought of as a seed from satan but was sexually abused; The 3 month old boy sodomized recently which is just...I can't even find words for such a vile act; The uncle of two-year-old Casey Leigh Mullen raped, sodomized and murdered her; the 2 year old who died when his mother's boyfriend smothered and sodomized him (there's actually a few of these cases); La'Keisha Roberson, 2, who's step-father sodomized and killed her; Michael "Mikey" Vallejo-Seiber who's mother's boyfriend repeatedly tortured and sodomized him, killing him; Katelynn Stinnett, 3 year old raped and then thrown over a balcony, later died; (...There are sooooo many cases I can't even list the names! This is in the US. If we jump waters the numbers escalate!)

There is no moment when we can say "it's all better" - the phrase that parents knows to mean "it's over; it's okay; you're safe." Not for these children. If they even SURVIVE they have already experienced everything from the deepest pain to the darkest rage TO THE SICKEST PERVERSION. A child who has been molested, unthinkably violated, bears a scar so deep, physically and mentally, so lasting, that all the justice in the world can never soothe it. We can never make things quite right, ever ever again. The pain and suffering alone breaks me down.

How many women out there have had anal sex and said it felt like an enjoyable, fun, easygoing, slippery sled ride!???? Yeah, I don't think so. You might use one of those words, but certainly not all of them together... I just couldn't imagine the physical pain of an infant or toddler being ripped apart, yet others crave it and film it and post it or just seem to resort to it when they are angry!!!! FUCK! How frustrating it is that we can't find stop these tragedies from happening, it pisses me off so much that when I'm on the subway and guys try to flirt or look at a child for more than a second, or perhaps I see a woman not watching her young children; she doesn't seem to want to be bothered...I think about these acts, is this the mother fucker who wants to stick his penis in any hole out there, rape a kid? Will this mother burn her daughter's ass off later....who the hell knows, its like I feel like I'm surrounded by sick fucking predators that I will read about tomorrow....I trust no fucking body.!

[Tazzzz]

You should give some of us men a break Morgana. I smile and talk to babys and I dont want to molest them. After what happened to me as a child thats the last thing on my mind. Useally I just wave at them anyways, if there looking at me smiling. I dont want to come off like a perv.

But I do understand your point and its not generally safe, to allow strangers near your child, but statistics prove, its the ones already in the home that are more of a threat than strangers are.

My childhood scars will never go away and is something I will always have, Most abused children will spend the rest of there life waiting for it to happen again and always be in flight mode. Never feeling safe even in there own homes. Especially if it was a family member who abused them. I can hardly use a public restroom or one at work for more than urinating in. Just a childhood scar that will never heal.

[buggysmommy]

I live in Palm Springs, Cali-I gotta tell you this makes me so sick. So close to home... They all do-but I feel violated or something...I hate people-I truly hate people like these people. Does anyone know if that little girl survived? I hope so...Poor baby-

[nurseronda]

‘Baby Woods’ in stable condition.

Authorities say that since her surgery in January — where doctors removed nine inches of her intestines that were dead — Mata is still on the road to recovery, but she is doing much better and is in stable condition and expected to overcome most of her injuries.

“Currently the victim has a colostomy bag,” said Detective Randy German of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Victorville station. “They don’t know if that’s going to be permanent.”

Mata is still in the hospital but she is now eating through her mouth rather than being fed intravenously, German said.

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[buggysmommy]

Thx Ronda! I should have read all of it, but I got so sick just beginning to read-i had to stop...

[Castille]

This all happened last winter. In one of those video clips they say that the baby spent 2 months hospitalized and was then released to foster parents. Her Dr. examined her in July and found her fine with good weight gain.

[Morgana]

Tazz, I have a husband (a Man) who is wonderful, a great father and he shares my passion for wishing to kill scumbags. The man that is a stranger to me, is NOT to someone else. AND DON'T think for a moment I like the women much more, I'm in NYC, I see women yelling and hitting kids every day all day. I see nannies talking on the phone, babies with no mittens, hats and it's cold as shit... I seen toddlers running out of a store because her mother was getting a number of a guy... this isn't a male bashing thing. This is a PEOPLE THING. Many people are fucked up. I have met many fathers at the park who their daughter played with mine and they were good daddys. So don't think I am refering to "men" in general. But these kinds of men and women are everywhere!!!! I am not so willing to assume humans are so nice and innocent.

I am exposed to too many people in large numbers daily. Here in NYC and especially on mass transit, we see alot of perversion...1/2 naked girls, teens rump shaking before school, men watching porn on their phones....it's crazy! Mass Transit is so different from taking your own car and going places. When its 7am and I guy is bopping around and licking his lips at me, yes I want to jam a stick through his neck, he is probably not good with young girls....just a hunch! When I see a guy looking at a baby girl, he's not waving, he's staring at her intently with the a cement face, it's not a nice one. You can see that most of the people you are in the train with are really not good...it's disgusting. Then again, I live in the Bronx. If I was in Manhattan, maybe it'd be a better crowd...

[Tazzzz]

Ahh , NYC, I would think the same thing than, What a cesspool of a place. My younger sister seems to enjoy living there, she thinks she is lucky to only be robbed less than 4 or 5 times a year. Only thing would temp me to go there is the ethnic dining, but I would rather stay home and get food poisoning than go there.

[Morgana]

I would have to agree, that was funny Tazzzz!!! It is a cesspool of a place. But in order to be a paralegal that gets involved in big cases and actively tries to help abuse victims and poor families with no food, I need to be here...not for the fun..or the food. I've been robbed 3 times, all three at gunpoint, once being tied up and having a 45 ACP shoved down my throat.....and all I though about at that moment (I was single, no kids) was who was gonna fucking FEED MY CAT!!!!! MY CAT!!!!

Anyways, NYC has rubbed me wrong nowadays and my kids have to start school next year so we are planning on moving to Maryland. Plenty of work in DC and Baltimore-I'M NOT MOVING THERE, in between, in the quieter places, where there are trees--I think I like trees, I just hope there aren't too many bugs.:(

[Castille]

I just hope there aren't too many bugs.:(

The B/W region has those asian tiger mosquitos these days. Other than that, it's bug profile is probably not very different than NY :)

[nurseronda]

Thx Ronda! I should have read all of it, but I got so sick just beginning to read-i had to stop...

You are welcome. I can understand having to stop reading because I had to a few times before I could even post this story. I was just so angry at these it's, that this toddler had to go through all this torture.

[flawed_existence]

I watched the video of the mother and the boyfriend in court yesterday. I couldn't express myself until today. I've seen worse injury done to a child, but generally, the child was deceased afterward. To hear the physician state that she couldn't remove the cream from the baby's feet due to her groans, simply caused me to stop comprehending for a moment. Those adorable, fat, little feet. Made for 'this little piggy' and for kissing. Burned so badly that the skin was just...gone. And for how long had the baby been suffering those burns? And the curling iron burns to her genitals and anus...curling iron? Would a man even think to use a curling iron in such a way? For some reason, that seems like a woman's crime to me. Abusive men generally like to stick their dicks in what they abuse. Women tend to choose objects. Wait a minute. Nine inches of dead intestines? What the fuck. How? Abdominal trauma? Anal trauma? Who would even think to harm a baby so badly that her intestines could DIE? What the fuck? And she's still alive? How badly must she have been suffering?

I'll gladly take her. Not one inch of her little body would ever suffer in my home. From the top of her head to the tips of her toes, that baby would be treasured as the precious gift that she is. It's not too late for her to learn that adults don't have to be feared and that she is loved.

[nurseronda]

Wait a minute. Nine inches of dead intestines? What the fuck. How?

One of these It's used the curling iron up her bottom is how.