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School bus driver suspected of burning child with spoon
DAYTON - Special Victims Unit detectives arrested a 33-year-old mother and Dayton Public Schools bus driver on a child endangering charge related to the burning of her 4-year-old daughter with a spoon.
Kristal Hill is in the Montgomery County Jail and has yet to appear in court on the felony charge, according to jail records. Officers responded to Dayton Children’s Medical Center on Saturday, March 20, about 11 p.m. after being notified of the girl’s injuries by hospital staff, according to a police report.
The girl’s father said he noticed a burn mark on her shoulder later Saturday and immediately took her to the hospital, the report stated.
The girl’s parents are separated and the girl’s father said he had not seen her for nearly a week, the report stated. Doctors at the hospital said the burn appeared to be about four days old and was healing, the report stated.
The girl told a social worker she received the injury at school, but that story was false, police said. She later told her father her mother burned her with the spoon heated up on a stove, police said.
Hill initially was taken to a local hospital after complaining of some sort of seizure during the investigation, police said. After being medically cleared she was taken to jail and booked in about 11 a.m. Monday, according to jail records.
Her employment status with Dayton Public Schools is unknown at this time.
Children’s Services was expected to follow up with the family and determine the necessary course of action, police said. The child was placed her father, officials said.
Children’s Services officials ask parents or caregivers to call (937) 224-KIDS if they are thinking about hurting children or are feeling overwhelmed. There are experts on hand to talk with parents or guardians who feel they need help.
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