"Jane Doe" - 6 yo /Accused: Jeff Loshaw and Victim's Mother - Bedord (SE of Pittsburgh) PA

A Bedford County couple were arrested Friday after injuring a
6-year-old girl in what has been called the "worst case of physical
child abuse" seen in recent memory in the county.Jeff Loshaw, 31,
of Bedford allegedly cruelly disciplined the child, authorities said.
Loshaw's 29-year-old girlfriend, who is the girl's mother and also from
Bedford, was present during the alleged abuse.The Mirror is not identifying the woman to protect the identity of her children.A
visitor to the girl's house on Feb. 27 saw her curled up and shaking on
her bed, treating her injuries with a bag of frozen peas; the visitor
immediately took her to the hospital for treatment, the Bedford County
District Attorney's Office said. The girl had bruises all over her body
with substantial swelling in her elbow, face and lip and brush burns
covering her entire back."I have never seen injuries this bad on
such a little girl," Assistant District Attorney Travis Livengood said.
"What this 6-year-old went through isn't just child abuse, it's child
torture."The girl's 8-year-old sister told police that her
younger sibling was disciplined by Loshaw, who would make her stand on
one leg on top of a cooler, holding heavy bags of cans out from her
body, police said.The sister said her younger sibling would often
times fall off of the cooler, smashing her face, elbows and body onto
the floor and the cans.Loshaw would make the girl stand on the cooler for several hours at a time while subjecting her to verbal abuse, police said."How
anyone could do this to a child - or allow this to happen - is beyond
belief," Bedford County District Attorney William Higgins said.Other
punishments included making the girl drink hot sauce to the point that
it would make her vomit as well as dragging her around the house by her
hair, police said. Loshaw also shut the girl in an attic for long
periods of time after telling her that there were ghosts in the attic.Both children remain in foster care under the supervision of Bedford County Children and Youth Services.A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Bedford County Central Court.
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