June Vicki Henry and Eddie Ledbetter indicted for severe child abuse.

[SoUncool]

I can't seem to find any more info on this case. It happened back in January. Please post if you find anything!

http://www.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/...charges/28444/

A Dale County grand jury indicted a mother and a man who were charged with severely abusing a 7-year-old boy earlier this year.

June Vicki Henry, 27, and Eddie Ledbetter, 24, of Ozark are expected to be arraigned July 29 on charges of aggravated child abuse, according to court records.

The Dale County Sheriff’s Office charged both in January after Henry’s 7-year-old son was reported to have seven broken ribs, flea bites behind his ears, burn marks on his feet, cracked teeth and a sore inside his mouth.

Ledbetter was Henry’s boyfriend at the time of the incident, according to investigators.

Jacobs said Henry was a stay-at-home mother who had previously worked at a daycare.

Henry had been released from the Dale County Jail in April on a $15,000 bond, while Ledbetter remained on $100,000 bond, according to court records.

[Lucy]

You would think that this being her ex-penis, she would roll on him, but I guess not?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A mother who pleaded guilty to the aggravated child abuse of her 7-year-old son was denied probation and will instead serve the 15-year-prison sentence she received after pleading guilty to the crime, according to authorities.

June Victoria Henry, 28, was charged in 2007 after her son, Chad, endured burns, broken ribs, open sores and insect bites without medical care for at least a week. Her then-boyfriend, 25-year-old Eddie Ledbetter, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the same charge.

Henry alleged Ledbetter caused Chad’s injuries, but she pleaded guilty for a suspended sentence of 15 years in prison. She was in the Dale County Jail pending her probation hearing.

Dale County Chief Sheriff’s Investigator Harvey Mathis testified in a previous hearing that Henry did not cause Chad’s injuries, but also did not do anything to prevent them. She watched Ledbetter force Chad to eat hot sauce on a daily basis and admitted to Ledbetter possibly burning Chad, Mathis said.
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“Love letters” she wrote to Ledbetter were signed “Jennifer Ledbetter,” which authorities said Ledbetter wanted her to be called.
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“There was one person on this earth that could have stopped what Eddie Ledbetter was doing to this child and that was her, but she chose to ignore it, confessing that she would just go outside when she heard him in pain,” Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams said.

“She allowed this abuse to go on. I can’t say enough about the work Investigator Mathis did in this case to go above and beyond to make sure that Chad got his day in court and that both people responsible are in prison.”

Henry will be eligible for parole in five years.

http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news...ing_son/89967/

"she pleaded guilty for a suspended sentence of 15 years in prison"? I wonder why the plea agreement was not kept... not that I am upset about it, just curious what came up that it wasn't followed. Maybe I'm missing something.

[MadeaBecBec]

The Henrys married in 1999 and Mr. Henry said his wife was generally a good mother before the couple legally separated two years ago.

Mrs. Henry said Tuesday she deserved just as much as her children had gone through. She pleaded guilty to a suspended sentence of 15 years for child abuse but applied for probation, which a judge will decide later.

Mr. Henry appeared moved by his former wife’s plea of regret, but said it doesn’t help their son. “If we hadn’t of called when we did, I’m afraid my son wouldn’t even be here today. The point of this is she could have did something, anything, to protect our son and she didn’t. Even he knows she has to serve some prison time,” he said.

The couple’s son has been greatly affected by what’s occured. “My son said he wants to be an investigator so other children won’t go through what he did,“ Henry said. “That’s a very important job, but it’s a decision he shouldn’t have to make for the reasons he did.“

http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news...e_cases/81424/

Maybe the Judge made the decision to put her in prison because 1) she admitted that she deserved it! 2) The victim and his Father, Bryan Henry, insisted on it! 3) The Judge saw through June Victorias story of being a victim herself!

I'm praying for Chad Henry, he deserves a long and happy life from here on and I hope he succeeds in his wish, to be an advocate for future abuse victims!