4歲女童遭虐待 竟以爲自己名叫白癡
The little girl was abused so badly she had a black eye, dried blood in the corner of her mouth and deep purple bruises all over her body.
一名小女孩遭受到嚴重虐待，她的眼睛紅腫，嘴角有血跡，全身佈滿淤青。But it's what she said when asked her name that's truly startling. "Idiot."
但直到她說出自己的名字時，才真的讓人震驚。她說自己叫“白癡”。The girl is only 4. She lived with her mother, Jennifer Denen, and Denen's live-in boyfriend, Clarence Reed, in a home in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
這個女孩才4歲，她和媽媽珍妮佛·迪恩及迪恩47歲的同居男友克倫勞斯·裏德同住在阿肯色州溫泉城。
Police say she was called an "idiot" so often and for so long that it was the word that sprung to her young mind when a social worker asked her name.
警方表示，長期以來家人常常喚她“白癡”，以至於當一名社會工作者詢問她的名字時，她的腦海中就條件反射般的出現了這個詞。Hot Springs police arrested the mother and her boyfriend last week after social workers reported the abuse.
在社工通報了這起兒童虐待案後，溫泉城警方於上週抓捕了她的母親和男友。
They said the 30-year-old mother knew her boyfriend was doling out to the child on a regular basis but never sought medical treatment.
警方表示，這位30歲的媽媽知道自己的男友經常這樣打孩子，但從未尋求過醫療救助。The girl's injuries included bruises on her buttocks, her lower back, her leg, police said. She had a blackened eye, a swollen cheek and a bruise on her forehead.
警方表示，女童的臀部、下背部和腿部都有瘀青，眼睛紅腫，下巴腫脹，前額有傷痕。She also had scars on her back that had started to heal, indicating the abuse had been going on for a while. In addition to it all, the girl was also severely malnourished.
她的背部也有已經開始癒合的疤痕，這意味着這裏的傷已經有一段時間了。此外，這名女孩看起來還營養不良。Reed admitted to zip tying the little girl to her bed after he found her climbing on the kitchen cabinet, acording to a police report. He also acknowledged to calling her "Idiot" but said it was "in jest".
據警方的報告顯示，裏德承認自己是發現小女孩爬到櫥櫃裏，才把她捆綁在牀上的。他還承認自己管小女孩叫“白癡”，但那只是“開個玩笑”。The couple was charged with domestic battery, permitting child abuse, and endangering the welfare of a minor. Both remain in the Garland County Jail with a next court date of September 27.
這對情侶以涉嫌家庭暴力、允許未成年人受虐和危害未成年人福利等罪名被指控。二人目前都被關押在加蘭縣監獄，等待於9月27日的下一次開庭。The child is now in state custody where she is healing from her physical injuries. The psychological injuries will likely take years to heal.
小女孩現在正在州立兒童福利機構接受照顧，以癒合身上的傷痕。而她心理的傷痕則需要許多年才能痊癒。
