Arkansas couple, Clarence Reed and Jennifer Denen, zip-tie their 4-year-old to bed as punishment, abused child believed her name was ‘idiot’, Police found her with a black eye, swollen face and dried blood on her head
Clarence Reed (l.) and Jennifer Denen (r.) were arrested on child abuse charges Friday
Arkansas couple, Clarence Reed, 47 and Jennifer Denen, 30, zip-tied their 4-year-old to bed as punishment
Abused child believed her name was ‘idiot’
Police found the 4-year-old girl with a black eye, swollen face and dried blood on her head
Reed and Denan charged with domestic battery, permitting abuse of a minor and endangering welfare of a minor
Couple remanded in County Jail on $500,000 bond each, child taken into protective custody
Face up to 32 years in jail if convicted
Clarence Reed and his girlfriend, arrested following CPS tip to police, for child neglect
The mother of six lost custody of the oldest four to their biological father. She joined her live-in boyfriend to abuse second youngest child. meanwhile the youngest is now in state custody
Jennifer Denen, 30, and her 47-year-old boyfriend, Clarence Reed, were arrested Friday after officers found Denen’s daughter covered in bruises and dried blood.
Officers said the pair used zip ties to strap the girl to her bed, for climbing on the kitchen cabinets.
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Police raided the couple’s Hot Springs home on a child abuse tip from the Department of Human Services.
On arrival, officers found the 4-year-old girl with a black eye, a swollen face, dried blood on her head and ligature marks from being tied up.Click Here! when one officer asked the little girl her name, “Idiot,” she responded.
Another child explained that Denen and Reed called the 4-year-old “idiot instead of using her name,” according to police records.

Police found the 4-year-old girl with a black eye, a swollen face and dried blood on her head in the unkempt home below
The girl was placed in protective custody. Denen and Reed were charged with domestic battery, permitting abuse of a minor and endangering welfare of a minor.
Denen admitted seeing Reed hit the child on the behind with a plastic bat and she did not seek medical attention for her daughterl’s injuries at any point.
Reed also admitted he hit the girl with a wooden paddle and zip-tied her to the bed after he found her climbing into the cupboards in their home.
The mother also admitted calling the malnourished girl ‘Idiot’ but said it was a joke.
The mother of six lost custody of the oldest four to their biological father while the youngest, whose father is Reed, is also now in state custody.
The couple is being held on $500,000 bond and are due in court on August 23.
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