John Jefferson
Inset: Ija Monae Hall. Background: The home where a foster child was allegedly burned in a bath by his foster mother (KWCH).
A Kansas home day care provider is accused of burning her foster child in a hot bath and hitting him hard enough to cause bruising.
Ija Monae Hall, 29, faces a child abuse charge after the boy suffered second-degree burns last week, authorities said. She was arrested on Monday at the Child Advocacy Center, The Wichita Eagle reported.
The incident happened at Hall’s home day care, His Loving Hands Home Childcare, on Sept. 5, officials said.
Details about the case came out in a Kansas Department of Health and Environment Emergency Order of Suspension.
The document said that the child was taken that day to a hospital’s burn center with deep second-degree burns to lower extremities and superficial second-degree burns to his buttocks, thighs, genitalia and feet.
At the hospital, Hall allegedly provided medical staff and law enforcement with “inconsistent statements as to the cause of the injuries.”
The following day, Hall’s two kids were placed into police protective custody and taken to a children’s home.
There, the staff noted that both children needed baths. One child had missing teeth and bruising on his chest and legs, the document said. The other child had a small scratch on his face, red marks on his back, neck, shoulder and knee, and a small bruise on his heel, according to the document.
In a follow-up interview with police days later, Hall admitted to smacking one of them on the back, resulting in bruising and also admitted to making him sit in a hot bathtub, resulting in the burns, the document said.
The Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) requested an emergency order to suspend Hall’s license to operate a family child care home — issued in June. The license suspension was immediately granted due to the severity of the case, the document said.
Local CBS affiliate KWCH reported on Friday that she posted bond and was out of custody.
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