How Could You? Hall of Shame-Ija Hall

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Wichita, Kansas, foster mother and day care provider Ija Hall,29, “appeared before a judge Tuesday morning and was charged with two counts of abuse of a child.

Hall provided day care at His Loving Hands Home Childcare, until Sept. 13, when the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued an emergency order to suspend her day care license. The KDHE said a child living at Hall’s home was found with second-degree burns on Sept. 5. The child suffered burns to their buttocks, thighs, feet and second-degree burns to lower extremities.

Two other children were found with bruises and scratches on Sept. 6. Those two children, one of them a foster child, were placed into protective police custody and transported to the Wichita Children’s Home.

The Children’s Home said both children needed baths; one child was missing teeth and had bruising, and another had red marks on the back, neck and shoulder.Law officers interviewed the licensee on or about Sept. 9. The KDHE report says she admitted to smacking one of the children, causing bruising, and admitted to making one of the children sit in a hot bath, resulting in the burns.

Officers arrested Hall. After the court appearance on Tuesday, Hall is free on a $25,000 bond. She is not to have any contact with the victim or any child under the age of 12.

Her next court date is Oct. 7.”

Wichita day care provider and foster mother charged with child abuse

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