Kids At Fort Worth Hospital; Mom Arrested For Abuse
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Two children are being treated for injuries at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, and their mother faces felony injury to a child charges after a police investigation at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene.
A third child died as a result of the alleged abuse. One of the children being treated in Fort Worth suffered serious injuries.
Abilene Police report they were called to a residence on base around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
When they got there, they found a 22-month-old girl who was not responsive. That child was taken to Abilene Regional Medical Center, but pronounced dead. Two other young female children - ages six-months and three years - were taken to Cook Children's via air ambulance.
Police arrested Tiffany N. Klapheke. She faces three counts of felony injury to a child with bond set at $500.000. Klapheke is the dependent of a service member currently deployed, Abilene police said.
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