GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A woman blames the devil, and not her husband, for severely burning their infant daughter in a microwave, a Texas television station reported.Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua Royce Mauldin, to microwave their daughter May 10 because the devil disapproved of Joshua's efforts to become a preacher.
"Satan saw my husband as a threat," Eva Mauldin told Houston television station KHOU-TV.
A grand jury indicted Joshua Mauldin last week on child injury charges after hearing evidence that he placed the two-month-old in a motel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds.
The infant, Ana Marie, remains hospitalized. She suffered burns on the left side of her face and to her left hand, police said.
Police said Joshua Mauldin told them he put Ana Marie in the microwave because he was under stress. Eva Maudlin denied it.
"He would never do anything to hurt her. He loves her," she said.
She is hoping to be reunited with her daughter, but Child Protective Services is working to have the parental rights severed.
Originally posted by Impediment
This sickens me. And not just because I'm the father of a little girl.Humanity needs to become extinct so the world can heal itself from our sickness.
There is many more healthy minded people than sick people. Its not like this is something new. Humanity has become much more civilized over the years. In ancient times an act of murdering your own child wouldnt have been questioned, Today it is unfortunately frowned upon
Originally posted by StyleTime
Well, uh you can't really deny that we're something [B]special my friend.Whether our special status is good or bad is up for debate however. [/B]
We're nothing more than semi-civilized animals who have the ability to paint pictures, compose a sonnet, and perform surgery. Yet, we still murder one another simply because our imaginary gods have different ideals. And we still think that we're so superior to animals.
We're still in the proverbial jungle, my friend.