Quick-thinking Kentucky waitress' social media post saves two young children from allegedly abusive parents
Jordan Cooper's peristence ensured that 33-year-old Mark Lee Pierce and his girlfriend, 36-year-old Jessica Woodworth, did not get away with child abuse.
The actions of a quick-thinking Kentucky waitress may just have ensured that two suspected child abusers may end up facing justice. Twenty one-year-old Jordan Cooper, who works at an Olive Garden in Paducah, immediately knew something was wrong when 33-year-old Mark Lee Pierce and his girlfriend, 36-year-old Jessica Woodworth, walked in her restaurant with an 11-year-old girl and a 20-month-old baby.
Speaking to Yahoo Lifestyle, Cooper, who is expecting a child herself, said the infant was "black and blue with bruises" and that she saw Pierce acting aggressively towards the baby. "He shoved breadsticks into her mouth and said, 'You’d better eat this' and got in her face while she whimpered," she said.