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Gooding parents face allegations of child abuse Police: Father burned children By Andrea Jackson
Times-News writer
June 29,2009
GOODING - Authorities in Gooding say a man burned the hands of at least two children under the age of 5 on
a cooking stove to punish them for playing with light switches, court records show.
Manual Salinas-Castro, 34,
is charged with two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of injury to a child, according to court records.
His
wife, Amanda Rae Salinas, 28, is also accused in the abuse case. She is charged with two felony counts of accessory to injury
to a child and three misdemeanor counts of failing to report abuse, court records show.
They are both set to have
preliminary hearings Thursday in Gooding County 5th District Court.
Authorities assert that they learned of the
alleged abuse from the father of a 3-year-old boy, who reported on Jan. 21 that Castro had burned children's hands.
Authorities noted circular patterns that looked like a stove burner on the children's skin along with blistering,
according to court records.
"Manual's wife, Amanda Salinas admitted that he had burned the children's
hands while she was around and she did not report it and even attempted to hide from (law enforcement) and did not take her
daughter to the doctor to have her hand checked out," court records say.
Authorities assert that Salinas-Castro
admitted to burning the hands of his daughter and nephew, according to court records. "I was disciplining them for playing
with the light switches by putting their hands on the burner of the stove."
While investigating the burns,
police also say they found other abuse to Castro's 9-year-old son.
"I also discovered that (Castro's
son) had some bruising on his body consistent with being struck with a hand very hard or repeatedly."
N. Idaho man pleads guilty in child abuse case
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- A north Idaho man has pleaded guilty
to beating a 3-year-old girl, whose injuries were so severe that doctors had to amputate her feet. Charles Smith, 29, of St. Maries, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of felony injury to a child and faces a maximum
10 years in prison. Smith was arrested in June and accused of
beating his girlfriend's daughter, Kyra Wine. Prosecutors say the girl had deep bruises, dried blood over her body and
was slipping in and out of consciousness. She was transported to a Spokane, Wash., hospital, where she underwent multiple
surgeries. KXLY reports the girl is still recovering, but is
now living with her grandmother. T N. Idaho mom gets 10 years for child abuseThe Associated Press •
Published July 24, 2009 ST. MARIES, Idaho – A northern Idaho mother whose child was abused so badly that
doctors had to amputate the girl's feet has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Christina Haynes, 27, of St. Maries, was sentenced Friday on one count of felony injury
to a child. First District Judge Fred Gibler ordered Haynes to serve at least five years before being eligible for parole. Haynes
pleaded guilty in May, a year after police discovered 3-year-old Kyra Wine, described at near death, at the home of Haynes'
boyfriend, Charles Smith. Doctors performed several surgeries and the community rallied to raise money to help cover
medical costs. Smith, 29, was sentenced to 10 years in prison without parole for his role in the beatings. The
girl and her sister are living with grandparents in St. Maries.he 27-year-old mother of abuse victim Kyra Wine pleaded guilty
Friday to a felony count of injuring her 3-year-old daughter by neglect. Christina Haynes could spend
five years in prison if a judge accepts her plea bargain. Haynes to plead guilty to felony child abuse in exchange
for a fixed five-year prison sentence and an additional five years if a prison board determines it is necessary. The
plea bargain also allows Rogers to argue for less prison time during Haynes’ July 17 sentencing.
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