June 18, 2013
A four-year-old remains in state custody after police say a spanking went too far.
Corbin police took Rosa Johnson and her boyfriend Mark Rutherford into custody Wednesday night.
Police charged the pair with one count of criminal abuse each. Police say Rutherford beat Johnson's four- year-old daughter repeatedly inside their Corbin home on Willowbrook.
When the couple took the child to daycare...police say workers called police.
"It's one of the most severe as far as bruising that I've seen to a child," said Detective Tim Helton .
Helton said the toddler had discoloration and bruises on her thigh and bottom from the beating.
Police say the beating started when the child spilled apple juice on a couch.
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