On Friday July, 22nd social workers in Oklahoma City responded to a tip regarding Asusena Gonzales and the supposed abuse she inflicted on her 5-year-old daughter. When police arrived at the household, they found Gonzales’s daughter locked in a closet, equipped with only a small cup to go to the bathroom in.
The young girl was emaciated; she was so undernourished that her bones were protruding under her skin. She also had welt marks across her entire body, indicating that she had been severely beaten.
Shocked and alarmed by the condition of the young girl, Police immediately rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she weighed-in at a startling 19 pounds (she weighed 23 pounds on her 18-month checkup).
In response to the heinous scene, Police not only arrested the child’s mom, Asusensa Gonzales, but also arrested her boyfriend, Sergio Almeida, who had been staying with Gonzales for an undisclosed amount of time.
In addition to the malnourished child, fiver other kids were taken from the Gonzales home. To elucidate on the crime scene and the savageness with which Gonzales acted, Police questioned the children. When it was revealed that their grandma, Maria Gonzales, babysat them twice a week she, in addition to Asusensa and her boyfriend, was taken into police custody.
The 5-year old child is currently in critical condition; it is unknown where the Gonzales children will be taken, but it is certain where their mother will be headed.
