Columbia County authorities charged a 10-year-old boy’s mother and stepfather Wednesday night with child cruelty after the Grovetown boy showed up at school with bloody bruises over his body.
Wilford Petersen, 57 (left), and Shavoya Davis, 25, of 5429 Wrightsboro Road, Grovetown, were arrested after the discovery of bruising and scars on the pupil when he arrived at Euchee Creek Elementary School, authorities said. The bruises were so bad, the boy was taken to a local emergency room for treatment.
The boy told a teacher that Petersen beat him with an electrical cord for not bringing his homework home, a report says.
A nurse found the victim with cuts to his arms, legs, back and buttocks. Some of the lacerations were healing over and others appeared to have been made recently, a report says.
Authorities say Petersen actually beat the child, using the electrical cord from a lamp. The boy’s mother watched. The couple are married, sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris said.
The boy was taken from the parents and turned over to the Department of Family and Children Services, Capt. Morris said.
Petersen was found with marijuana in the house and faces a drug charge as well as child cruelty.
Both remained in the Columbia County Jail Thursday morning.
Im sick to my stomach how could anyone do this to a child. And what the hell is a 25 year old doing being married to a 57 year old…. And ill be damned if I’m gonna set there and watch anyone beat my child doesn’t matter who they are. They need the same stuff done to them.
I’m thankful that the parents cruelty was discovered finally. This could have resulted in death in the near future.
its nothing to say… my heart is so damn broken!!! they stole my nephew from new York from my lil brother, then they gonna do this!!!! ya’ll do not know how I feel right now!!!
prayers for your family
OK…so Mr. Tough guy?
You wanna beat somebody?
Try me!!
People like this are a waste of good oxygen they need to be beat
Kid is being a kid they told not tocome home without home work and what did he do ?beating him like that was harsh but when this kid grows up to be a cold blooded killer who do you think eveverybody will blame ?grounding him would have been a Better solution