How Could You? Hall of Shame-Griselda Badilla UPDATED

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 Tucson,Arizona, foster parent Griselda Badilla, 34, “was arrested and charged with child abuse on Tuesday.”

She was “booked into the Pima County Jail and remains there upon legal-status verification from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The investigation began with a 911 call made on March 11 regarding a child choking.

That child was 2-year-old Anthony Armenta, who was taken to the hospital with massive bleeding in the brain.

Further medical examination revealed that Anthony suffered permanent brain damage consistent with that of non-accidental trauma.

Badilla’s attorney, Rafael Gallego, insisted she had nothing to do with the head injury but would not specify how it happened.

Throughout the investigation, detectives learned that Griselda Badilla was the child’s foster mother and had custody of him at the time he sustained these injuries.

Gallego said Badilla has been a foster parent for only six months.

Anthony’s biological parents said they have seen him suffer multiple injuries since Child Protective Services placed him in foster care back in September.

Badilla is being held until ICE agents can verify that she has the proper documentation to remain in the U.S.

According to Gallego, Badilla has been in the country for about year and a half and is in the country legally.”

Foster parent arrested for child abuse, toddler has permanent brain damage[KVOA 3/8/14 by Nathan O’Neal]

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Update:”Another boy, whom the Star is not identifying to protect his privacy since he survived, wasn’t quite 2 years old when a hospital CT scan last March showed he had severe head injuries, with blood pooling around his brain. Both of his retinas were damaged and bleeding, and he had several fractures that were healing.

The suspected abuser was his foster mother, Griselda Coronado-Badilla, who was arrested March 18 and indicted on one count of child abuse. Her case is pending.

DCS declined to comment on Coronado-Badilla’s history and training as a foster mother. The boy’s parents filed a civil suit against DCS in November. Neither could be reached for comment last week, and their attorneys did not respond to interview requests.”

Child welfare reforms failing to save Pima kids[Arizona Daily Star 2/14/15 by Patty Machelor]