Mom arrested after 8-year-old daughter shows up to therapy session with black eye

A Florida ma is down bars aft she allegedly punched her 8-year-old girl successful the face, giving her a achromatic oculus that came to airy erstwhile the miss showed up to a therapy session.

Deisy Yamileth Martinez Garcia faces a complaint of child neglect without large bodily harm. According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit, cops with the Miami Police Department were alerted connected Friday aft the miss arrived astatine a therapy league with the achromatic eye. She told the therapist that her ma had punched her successful the oculus the erstwhile week.

The miss said her parent was drunk astatine the clip and that she didn't cognize wherefore her parent had punched her.

"Additionally, her parent has been inviting men implicit and having enactment with them successful beforehand of her," the affidavit stated.

According to the complaint, the miss told detectives that erstwhile her parent brings men implicit "they get naked, they interaction each different and it reminds her of what happened to her successful the past."

Martinez Garcia said successful an interrogation with cops that she saw the unfortunate travel retired of the country with a people connected her eye. A roommate told officers it was due to the fact that Martinez Garcia wanted her to permission the bedroom. The roommate besides confirmed that Martinez Garcia had been bringing location men she met connected the formation and she told the fishy to halt doing so. In addition, the miss and her member told the roommate successful the past that they had not eaten and appeared to beryllium "soiled," the affidavit stated.

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After receiving her Miranda rights, Martinez Garcia allegedly said successful an interrogation with officers that she accidentally deed her girl erstwhile Martinez Garcia was trying to aftermath the miss up and grabbed her blankets. The suspect besides allegedly made "inconsistent statements" astir the men whom she was inviting implicit to her apartment. She claimed the roommate was "coaching" her girl astir what to archer cops.

Officers took Martinez Garcia to jailhouse wherever she remains connected a $2,500 bond. Jail records besides amusement she has an migration clasp connected her.