A 4-year-old Arkansas girl who was taken into protective custody after being zip-tied to her bed as punishment by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend thought her name was “idiot,” police said. When authorities asked the girl her name, she responded, “idiot,” according to the police report. Denen told police that she saw Reed strike the child with a plastic baseball bat and another juvenile told authorities that both Denen and Reed had zip-tied the girl to a chair. Denen admitted that she failed to seek immediate care for the child and that Reed referred to the girl as “idiot,” according to The Sentinel-Record. Reed told police that he did refer to the child as “idiot,” but insisted it was only a joke.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2016 09:00 UTC