KANSAS CITY —A jury this week convicted a Kansas City woman for severely beating a child while the child was in her care in a Kansas City residence, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Nancy Russell, 41, was found guilty of four Class B felonies of Domstic Assault 1st Degree and four counts of Armed Criminal Action.
According to court records, in October 2017, police in Kansas City were alerted by Arkansas police of possible child abuse. A family member had come forward to say that one of the children had been abused at a home in Kansas City in the area of 53rd and Hardesty.
The child was reportedly walking with a limp and had gashes on the head. Forensic interviews in Arkansas disclosed the defendant struck the child with a cord and metal pipe. Russell will be sentenced at a future hearing.