Raleigh couple charged after failing to provide medical care to child suffering from burns, lacerated liver

Thursday, September 19, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh couple is facing child abuse charges after failing to get medical care for a 6-year-old girl who had burns on her legs and a lacerated liver Thursday morning.

According to warrants from the Raleigh Police Department, the 26-year-old mother of the child, Marisa Townsend, and her 28-year-old boyfriend Brandon Sherrod Glover, failed to give the child proper medical care.
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The child is OK and is in the care of other family members.

Townsend is being held at the Wake County Jail with a $1 million bond while Glover is being held at the Wake County Detention Center with a $35,000 bond.
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