Minneapolis, Minnesota – Minnesota father is behind bars and later charged with child torture including abuse, food deprivation after he left his 7-year-old child covered in bruises following a daylong beatdown. The defendant’s wife, 24-year-old Roze, is also taken into custody on the same charges following the October’s incident. According to the police officials, the 27-year-old father, Jameson, was taken into custody and later charged after surveillance video caught the brutaI daylong beating.
The investigation process began several months before both parents were taken into custody. Authorities say the defendant severely beat his child from previous relationship. He and his wife Roze (SEE PHOTO) now have two children together. All three children were removed from their custody, court records say. The investigation process began after the child arrived at school with a big bruise on her arm. Investigators then talked with the child, who reportedly told them that her father beat her. During an initial interview with investigators, the parent reportedly said that she child ‘had significant needs’ and they were attempting to get her into therapy.
During the investigation process, authorities discovered that the child had more than two dozen bruises all over her body. Authorities then launched an investigation and visited the family’s home. During the investigation process, authorities discovered that the child was sleeping on filthy mattress on the floor. The room was filled with dirty dishes and only one blanket.
During an interview with investigators, the father reportedly said that the 7-year-old victim was a child from a previous relationship. According to the man, his wife was not interested in caring for the child and suggested to him that they send her to a boarding school or they would get a divorce. The parent also admitted to punishing the girl by taking food away. The man and his wife would take the child’s blanket if she didn’t behave. The child was forced to lie on the filthy mattress for long periods of time and wasn’t allowed to leave the room, expect if she needed to go to the bathroom.
When questioned about the beating, the father reportedly said that he got angry after realizing that the child disrespected his wife. According to the police officials, the father reportedly struck his 7-year-old child more than 90 times. Police officials said the parent struck, hit, slapped and shoved the child against a wall.
Criminal documents say the video shows the parents smothering the child, whipping her with a sweatshirt, and holding her up by her hair. There were also instances of them withholding food as punishment, local news outlet Northern New Now reported. The pair faces 25 years in prison. If the father and his wife determine that the victim has been “bad,” a form of punishment involves making her stay home from school, locked in her room alone. She has no toys in her room and is told to “go to bed” at all times of the day, where she is required to “lie right” for hours on end.