WOODWAY, Texas — A woman is in police custody for allegedly injuring a child in Woodway, Texas.
According to the Woodway Public Safety Department (PSD), Claudia Velediaz-Bonifazi was taken into custody on April 3 for Injury to a Child with Intent to Cause Bodily Harm.
Velediaz-Bonifazi was arrested after a child in her care made an outcry to school officials, which began an investigation by Woodway PSD and Child Protective Services, said the department.
Detectives determined the child had been the victim of "several violent incidents ranging from being punched, hit with miscellaneous objects and not being fed for long periods of time."
The department said the child had arrived at school crying and told teachers and counselors he had been dragged to the bathroom by his hair and had his head forced into the toilet, where he was forced to drink toilet water. He reportedly told school employees he was missing pieces of his hair.
Woodway PSD said the child was placed with a relative for his safety.
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