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Young Mother Sentenced for Child Abuse | Lexington News
A 24-year-old woman, Ashley Anderson, has been convicted of two counts of child abuse in Hart County, Kentucky, and sentenced to ten years in prison — served concurrently. The jury heard harrowing evidence from a four-day trial, including testimony that Anderson used a hair dryer to burn her child under 12 and caused other severe injuries like a torn frenulum. Prosecutors also charged her co-defendant, Cody Jones, for breaking the child’s arm and causing head trauma. A pediatric expert testified that the injuries were intentional, methodical, and indicative of sadistic behavior — not…
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