Husband and wife used 'metal, pointer-like' object to hurt little girl, rubbed 'chilies' on her and held boy's hand to 'hot stove': Cops

An Arizona mates utilized a "metal, pointer-like" entity to torture and "repeatedly injure" an 8-year-old miss successful their attraction connected the bottommost of her foot, portion besides denying her meals and abusing different child, cops say.

Kebrina Hussain, 30, and Ezekiel Hussain, 29, were arrested Tuesday and charged successful Maricopa County with child abuse pursuing an probe by the Goodyear Police Department, according to a GPD property merchandise and apprehension affidavits obtained by Law&Crime.

The mates is accused of abusing an 8-year-old miss and a 7-year-old boy.

The probe began successful aboriginal August aft schoolhouse unit noticed that the 8-year-old miss had experienced "significant value loss" and was "extremely thin," according to police. Facial bruising and a articulator wounded were besides reported, with aesculapian unit aboriginal documenting "malnutrition, terrible thinness, important value loss, bruising and injuries to the bottommost of the child's foot," per the GPD release.

"A consequent aesculapian valuation recovered nary aesculapian mentation for the malnutrition," the merchandise says. "After receiving capable nutrition, the kid gained important weight, further supporting concerns of nutritional neglect."

The miss allegedly described being "denied regular meals, punched and slapped, and having the bottommost of the ft repeatedly injured with a metallic object," according to police.

She accused Kebrina and Ezekiel Hussain of "forcing a metallic entity into the ft of the victim, causing important patterned wounded to the bottommost of the victim's foot," according to the apprehension affidavits.

"Ezekiel repeatedly stabbed the bottommost of her ft with a metal, pointer-like entity until it bled aft crumbs attracted ants successful the apartment," the affidavits say.

According to police, the mates allegedly held the 7-year-old boy's manus "to the blistery stove top, causing symptom and bruising." They besides enactment "chilies" connected the 8-year-old's buttocks and past deed her with a loop "to marque it wounded more," the affidavit says.

Investigators searched the family's home, reviewed erstwhile instrumentality enforcement contacts involving kid payment concerns, interviewed witnesses and coordinated forensic interviews and aesculapian evaluations that aboriginal led to the Hussains being charged.

"Based connected the grounds collected, detectives established probable origin to judge some suspects committed kid maltreatment involving the 2 children," the GPD merchandise says. "The allegations see nutritional neglect and carnal abuse."

Kebrina Hussain and Ezekiel Hussain are being held connected $25,000 enslaved each.

"This lawsuit underscores the value of reporting concerns astir a child's safety," Goodyear Police Sgt. Mayra Reeson said successful a statement. "School personnel's determination to talk up brought these concerns to instrumentality enforcement's attraction and initiated an extended investigation."