ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A warrant is out for the arrest of a foster mother accused of abusing a 4-year-old for wetting his pants. Albuquerque police were dispatched to a home on Way Cross Drive, near I-40 and Unser Blvd., in late May. School staff had reported a 4-year-old who was in New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department custody, but with a foster family, had severe bruising on his ears.
Police said the mother claimed the boy had fallen in the bathtub, but a medical exam found forceful trauma to the ears, such as pinching, striking, or pulling. The boy and other children in the home told police their foster mother, Johnnie Douma, often spanked and grabbed the boy’s ears when he had accidents. Douma faces child abuse charges.
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