LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. -- A water as a form of punishment. Lake Elsinore woman has been Estrada's other daughter, who sentenced to 14 years in is 4 years old, was taken prison after being convicted into protective custody. of torture and child abuse In 2008, Estrada pleaded for holding her 2-year-old guilty to child abuse with daughter's legs under great bodily injury and scalding water as punishment. serious felony allegations. Diana Vicky Estrada, 24, Authorities were called to claimed the burns on her Rancho Springs Medical Center daughter's legs were an in 2007, after she showed up accident, but prosecutors with her older daughter, who alleged the injuries were the was treated for a urinary result of a potty-training tract infection, multiple outburst. bruises and dehydration. In 2009, Sheriff's deputies Doctors who examined the were contacted by staff at child found evidence of the A+ Urgent Care Clinic in healing fractures of both Lake Elsinore after the girl arms, with evidence that the was brought in with severe limbs were broken at burns to her lower body. different times, according to The toddler was taken to the sheriff's officials. burn unit at Arrowhead Records indicate that the Regional Medical Center in child had failed to thrive Colton. under the care of her mother, By the time, Estrada sought gaining only two pounds treatment for the girl, between Dec. 12, 2005, and prosecutors say the burns had March 10, 2006, according to become infected. a declaration in support of Investigators interviewed an arrest warrant prepared by Estrada, who said her sheriff's Investigator Darin daughter accidentally fell Gray. into a bathtub full of hot Estrada was sentenced to 48 water in which she was months probation and six cleaning curtains. months jail time. Authorities say they She also was required to take determined upon further parenting classes and enroll investigation that Estrada in a program for child held the girl in the hot batterers.
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