Mother Facing Life Term For Super-Gluing 2-Year-Old Daughter’s Hands To Wall
Elizabeth Escalona, a mother of five who pleaded guilty to gluing her 2-year-old daughter to a wall and beating her into a coma, is to be sentenced on Tuesday. The 23-year-old could face a life sentence for her crime.
The Texas mother beat her daughter, Jocelyn Cedillo, after the toddler had issues with potty training. Jocelyn remained in a coma for two days after the incident, and also suffered from brain swelling, broken bones, swollen intestines, an injured liver and bruised lungs. Mercifully, the youngster eventually made a full recovery.
Elizabeth Escalona appeared in a Dallas County, Texas court on Monday as prosecution witnesses – including her mother and a pediatrician who had cared for the Jocelyn – testified at her sentencing hearing. The team prosecuting Escalona showed the court images of the toddler’s badly bruised body, forehead and hands.
Dr. Amy Barton, a child abuse pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, fought back tears as she took to the stand and told the court:
“The entire picture was very shocking. I see a lot of children, and this was one of the most shocking cases that I have seen.”
The defendant’s mother, Oefelia Escalona, who took her granddaughter to the hospital, was unable to finish her testimony without repeatedly breaking down.
Jocelyn Cedillo was just shy of her third birthday in September 2011 when Elizabeth Escalona used a powerful adhesive to glue her hands to a wall and beat her. The Dallas County district attorney’s office reported that her three other children witnessed the abuse; Escalona has since given birth to a fifth child.
Fearful that Escalona could cause further harm to her children, prosecutors are seeking a prison term of 45 years for the mother.
Tags : child abuse, child endangerment, coma, dallas, daughter glued to wall, elizabeth escalona, glue, joselyn escalona, mother glues daughter to wall, mother glues daughters hands to wall, texas, toddler glued to wall
Posted: October 9, 2012
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Oct 9, 2012
I hope she gets the 45 she deserves.
Oct 9, 2012
Why was she not charged with attempted murder? Did you read the injuries? That little angel could have died. The mother did not care. She should get life.
Oct 9, 2012
This is so wrong!! The mother should get life!!
Oct 9, 2012
i know i remember very clearly reading this when it happened..how it broke my heart
Oct 10, 2012
they should do the same to her sorry a@@
Oct 10, 2012
she shouldnt get jail time sit around free housing free food dont have to do shit she deserves the death penalty
Oct 10, 2012
If this doesn't deserve life then nothing does.
Oct 10, 2012
She deserves life and deserves what she will get in prison they do not like child abusers
Oct 10, 2012
WOW! THIS WOMAN IS NOT A MOTHER!
PUT HER BEHIND BARS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AND GLUE HER HANDS TO HER CELL AND LET THE INMATES DEAL WITH HER! IF I COULD I WOULD HELP TA LOOK AFTER HER OTHER CHILDREN SHE DOESN'T DESERVE THEM!
Oct 10, 2012
I don't understand people these days doing things like this if they can't handle the respomsability then give the child to someone else or not even have children anymore that simple
Oct 11, 2012
exactly, why not attempted murder and abuse of her other children – they had to watch her do this. And this stupid grandmother and sister pleading for her to get leniency – and then the sister states "I wanted to beat her up for what she did",,,,, what the hell? And the Grandmother – 42? When did she start having kids,,,,,? and what do they all do for work? I smell welfare all over this and I'm sick of it. Lock her up, investigate the "grandmother and sister" for history of violence and lock them up if you have to. Put these children up for adoption.
Oct 12, 2012
They ought to Glue her "ASS" To a wall to see how she Like's it! Dumb Bitch! LOL
Oct 13, 2012
She got 99 years…. good on tx for sticking up for the children
Oct 13, 2012
Wow! Awesome! I saw this in the news and was horrified. He abused her mother too. He deserved all 99!