Another Abusive Boyfriend - 2 Boys - 8 and 4 yo - Accused: Edward Colucci - Henderson NV

Questions remain in the child abuse case that Henderson police say
nearly killed a 4-year-old boy. According to police, the severe abuse
went on for months and involved the boy and his 8-year-old brother.
Psychologists and abuse advocates are now speaking out about the case.
Paramedics and Henderson police officers found a 4-year-old boy
unconscious at a condominium inside the Montelago Village Resort
November 23. Detectives report that the boy's 8-year-old brother had
sunken eyes and was so malnourished, his hair was falling out. Police
say the mother's boyfriend, Edward Colucci, bit the boy's nose, sprayed
glass cleaner into his eyes and forced him to eat his own vomit. Police
say both boys were victimized by Colucci.
8 News Now showed the arrest report Donnadee Gale. She's a licensed
clinical social worker with experience treating torture and kidnap
victims.
"This is my own opinion, I believe there's something beyond mental illness and I believe that's pure evil," she said.
The boy's mother claims Colucci threatened to kill her family and physically abuse her more if she went to police.
"This is a person that is akin to being brainwashed," Gale said.
Detectives charged Colucci with kidnapping, child abuse, battery and assault.
"When you're in situations like that, sometimes you just become
paralyzed and you can't do anything, or they think they can't do
anything. It's no fault of the mother," said Rebecca Reyes, Shade Tree
victim's advocate.
"I do believe that she should pay for what's happened to these
children and that the court should make sure that this woman never has
contact with these children again," said Gale.
The boyfriend took the abused 8-year-old out of school for a month,
detectives say. Detectives did not say which school either attended.
Clark county school district refused to comment on the case, stating
their staff are trained to report signs of abuse.
Edward Colucci's attorney, Bret Whipple, says his client is pleading
not guilty and "looks forward to his day in court." The attorney
declined to comment further.

I just read about this guy at another blog. Most are also blaming the woman, but I've been in such a delicate decision in my past. It is possible that she was brainwashed, that she felt if she reported him he would kill her children. And according to one report, he had already threatened such a thing in the past year, that he would kill one of her sons if she did not get an abortion.

None the less, I can think of no punishment great enough for this POS.