UNNAMED GIRL - 11 yo - / Charged: Grandmother, Karen Sharpe - Columbus, OH

Grandmother charged for gagging her granddaughter, 11, with soiled men's underwear

Karen Sharpe , 54, was arrested after her 13-year-old granddaughter took video of Sharpe gagging the 11-year-old with feces ridden male underwear and taping it there

When the 11-year old threw up, Sharpe told her to 'swallow it'

The 13-year-old, who already had a metal plate in her head from the hands of another adult, was punched in the head by Sharpe
The girl was being punished for stepping on the grandmother's injured foot
The woman is being held with a $1 million bond on charges including kidnapping and endangering children

By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 09:33 EST, 31 January 2014

A southeast Ohio grandmother has been charged with child abuse for allegedly gagging an 11-year-old granddaughter with soiled men's underwear.

Sgt. Ed Downs of the Hocking County sheriff's office tells The Columbus Dispatch that it was 'the most disgusting, heinous' case of child abuse he'd ever seen.

Downs says the 54-year-old New Straitsville woman named Karen Sharpe, was arrested on Wednesday, after an older granddaughter secretly took cellphone video of the alleged abuse.

The video shows the woman forcing underwear soiled with feces into the 11-year-old's mouth and taping it there. When the girl vomited, her grandmother told her to swallow it.

The girl was being punished for stepping on the grandmother's injured foot.

The woman is being held with a $1 million bond on charges including kidnapping and endangering children.


Karen Sharpe, 54, allegedly gagged her granddaughter, 11, with soiled underwear

The Columbus Dispatch reports that authorities wouldn't have known about the abuse had it not been for the 13-year-old elder child they call 'wise beyond her years.'

Sharpe allegedly punched the 13-year-old in the face and then the older child recorded the abuse on the younger child using a cell phone camera.  

The 13-year-old already has a metal plate in her head from abuse of another adult.

'I’ve never seen an animal being treated this way,' Downs said.

Sharpe has custody of the two girls who both have the same mother.

The girl were taken to another home by children's services.


Karen Sharpe is being held on a $1 million bond with charges for kidnapping and endangering children

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549511/Grandmother-allegedly-gagged-granddaughter-11-soiled-mens-underwear-arrested-heinous-case-child-abuse-police-seen.html

I'm so glad the girls got away from her before they were abused to death.  William

This is so disgusting. 

The mother know what kind of woman the grandmother is so why were these little girls left with her? 

I hope she goes to prison and they teach her a few things about being beat up on.

Thank heavens the 13 year old was smart enough to get the proof because the bitch would have lied about it otherwise.