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Man causes severe bodily injury to a young child after he was sent home with a letter from school

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Man causes severe bodily injury to a young child after he was sent home with a letter from school

MINGO COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man faces child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury after he got mad over a letter the school sent home with a child.

State Police says that Travis Blankenship caused severe bodily injury to a young child because of a letter from the school. Blankenship, throughout the evening on October 4th, started striking the child in the face and head, placed a pillow on his head, and forced a piece of cloth into the child’s mouth, causing the child to choke.

Later in the evening, Blankenship snapped a wet rolled-up cloth, striking the child in the face and putting his hands around the child’s throat, choking him.

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Police observed multiple marks on the child’s forehead, neck, cheeks, buttocks, and head. They also observed a broken blood vessel in the child’s right eye.

Blankenship is being held in Southwestern Regional Jail on a capias charge, strangulation, and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.

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