'Beat the a— off her': Parents locked up 9-year-old when they 'went out to smoke' and beat her senseless with metal flyswatter, cops say

A 9-year-old miss successful West Virginia showed up to schoolhouse with bruises connected her look and told unit her parents allegedly bushed her with a metallic flyswatter, belt, and woody paddle with holes successful it. Cops accidental the parents besides repeatedly locked the kid successful her country portion they "went retired to smoke."

Lewis Nuzum II, 52, and Josephine Nuzum, 45, are each charged with child abuse resulting successful wounded and child neglect resulting successful injury, according to tribunal records viewed by Law&Crime, pursuing an probe by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office.

Charging documents obtained by the section CBS affiliate WDTV outline the accusations against the couple, including statements they allegedly made explaining their broadside of the story.

According to police, the Nuzums told investigators that they would deed the kid erstwhile she misbehaved. They some allegedly claimed that the miss was lone beaten with their hands and not objects, portion the kid told schoolhouse unit that her parents utilized a metallic and greenish metallic flyswatter, a brownish loop with a turquoise buckle, and the woody paddle, WDTV reports.

"Beat the a— disconnected her," Lewis Nuzum allegedly admitted to cops, but lone with his hand, helium said.

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Josephine Nuzum told constabulary that the miss "does this each twelvemonth schoolhouse starts," successful notation to the maltreatment allegations, according to the charging documents.

The miss had bruises connected her look and eyelid that she said came from being deed with the flyswatter. She told cops she "cried truly hard" aft being deed and her begetter tried to support her from going to schoolhouse the adjacent time but she "wanted to go," WDTV reports, citing the charging documents.

When constabulary asked astir locking the miss successful her room, the Nuzums allegedly claimed they had "caught her calling 911 before" portion they were extracurricular smoking. She did this by retrieving "a cellphone retired of their room," according to the couple.

Police searched the location and recovered what they allege was a woody artifact with screws and a locking mechanics attached to it that lined up with holes successful the girl's chamber door.

The Nuzums were arrested and booked astatine the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. Court records amusement bail was acceptable astatine $100,000 for Lewis Nuzum and $50,000 for Josephine Nuzum. They were some inactive down bars Monday.