On December 26, 2001, a woman named Clenteen
Sue Williams submerged
Stephanie Martinez in a scalding hot tub
of water and then allowed the burn blisters to become infected causing
Septis, which causes baceria to grow in the blood of untreated second and
third degree burns. Stephanie died five days later.
Clenteen claims that she ran warm bath
water into the tub for Stepanie to take a bath and that she tested it with
her own elbow to be sure that it was not to hot. She claims that she then
left the room and about 15 minutes later heard screaming and returned to
the bathroom to find Stephanie sitting in scalding hot water and she then
immediately took her out and treated her burns with Aloe Vera and Epsom
Salts. Clenteen also denies ever beating Stephanie but could not explain
the bruises she had on her body, head and face. She claims that these
children were always hurting themselves. She had this to say:
"I never beat her on the head.The little
girl and little boy, they throwed the tantrums, they beat their heads
on the floor and against the wall. These children have terrible problems
that we don't know how to deal with,I had the little girl right here,
and here she and her brother, they get upset about something, they going to
throw the tantrum. I said, I'm not having these tantrums, so you just
cut it out. I'm not having these tantrums and you being hurtful to your own self."
An autopsy performed on Stephanie showed
more than 100 injuries, which her grandmother claimed she gave to herself.
Clenteen told police that she was afraid that she would be charged with
child abuse if she took Stephanie to the hospital. Clenteen did admit to
hitting stephanie with an extension cord on her burned legs and her bottom
on the same day that she died.
Unbelievably, Clenteens relatives asked
the judge for mercy claiming that she was only guilty of taking on the
responsibility of more children than she could care for.
In March of 2003, Clenteen was sentenced
to the maxium term of 48 years in
prison.
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don't let them become Angels to soon.
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this number to report child abuse!
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