SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have charged a woman with the assault and criminal mistreatment of a 6-year-old child, accusing the woman of beating, starving and possibly injecting her daughter with illicit drugs. The Seattle Times reports charging papers say Garlyn Grace was arrested March 1 in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood after her boyfriend called 911 and found the child unresponsive. Grace remains jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail. It wasn’t immediately known if she has a lawyer to comment on her behalf. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Christian Brown wrote in charging papers that the girl’s injuries amounted to torture. According to police, Grace claimed the girl’s injuries were self-inflicted.
Mother accused of abusing 6-year-old daughter for years
