Couple brutally cut 14-month-old boy's tongue with scissors, claim he fell out of his crib
A couple from Terre Haute is now facing charges after the authorities said a toddler's tongue was split right down the middle with the possible tool used being a pair of scissors. The Terre Haute Police Department started an investigation into a child abuse case on January 16 when an officer responded to a call at the Union Hospital. This was the hospital where the 14-month-old victim was taken after he suffered from a split tongue, a swollen scrotum, and had severe bruises all over his small body.
According to the probable cause affidavit that was obtained by WTHI-TV, the child's mother, Holly Cota, told the officer when he asked her about the toddler's injuries that the child had fallen out of his crib multiple times. She also told the officer that she believed he split his tongue as a consequence and that her son "must have straddled the toy box when he fell, causing damage to his scrotum".