Glenara Bates
Court: East Walnut Hills abused toddler death follows history of abuse
CINCINNATI -- A mom accused of abusing her 2-year-old daughter days before the toddler's death has a history of other abuse allegations, according Hamilton County court documents obtained by WCPO.
Andrea Bradley, 28, was arraigned on a charge of felonious child endangerment Monday after investigators said she whipped, beat and dropped her daughter Glenara from about 6 feet above the ground. Bradley is also accused of trying to sew the girl’s head up with a needle and thread.
The child's father, Glen Bates, 32, was also arraigned on a charge of child endangerment. Both remain in Hamilton County jail after police arrested them Sunday when they brought Glenara to Cincinnati's Children Hospital.
Doctors reported Glenara was dead when her parents brought her in.
The court documents reveal Bradley was investigated for a child abuse in 2010 after several men were arrested in her home with a gun and drug scales.
Records state Bradley and her children were not home at the time, but that Bradley knew the men were trafficking drugs.
Then, in 2012, Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services received a report that another one of Bradley's children suffered bruises to the neck, eye, back and legs, according to records.
The child's bruises were so severe that he had difficulty walking, the report goes on to state.
After completing drug treatment and parenting education, Bradley was granted temporary custody of several of her kids in late 2013, documents show.
As recently as December, Glenara was hospitalized with malnutrition as Bradley was dealing with depression and bipolar disorder, records state.
Bradley's sister, Desena Townsend, expressed grief and anger after Glenara died.
“I believe (Bradley and Bates) tortured that baby,” Townsend said. “They beat her and they killed her… (Bradley) had some demons inside of her that really took over.”
Bradley has eight children, three of which were with Bates, the sister said. Five of Bradley’s children are now in foster care, Hamilton County Family Services said.
“I don’t even know why she had her kids,” she said. “She did not deserve to have those kids, and I say that because they (were taken) out of her home so many different times.”
Townsend called her sister and Bates “heartless.”
Bradley and Bates are being held on a $250,000 bond.
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