"John" ROSS - 9 yo - Charleston WV

A Charleston woman is facing a child abuse charge after an elementary
school principal noticed severe bruising on her young son's upper body.

Charleston detectives and Child Protective Services workers went to
Kenna Elementary School Friday morning to investigate after Karen Price,
the school's principal, noticed bruising on a 9-year-old student.
Price told officers the boy arrived at the school that morning with the
bruises and that the boy told her his mother, identified as Chandra Kay
Ross, 26, of Lawndale Lane, beat him with a belt Thursday night,
according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Magistrate Court.
Detectives also found severe bruising and whelps on the boy's upper arms
and the left side of the boy's neck that appeared to be new, the
complaint said.
The boy told detectives he fell onto the couch at his home Thursday
night, close to bedtime, and Ross hit him repeatedly with a belt. The
boy said his bruises were the result of the beating.
A warrant issued Friday for Ross' arrest charges her with child abuse
resulting in injury. Police said the boy was removed from the home.