Couple Indicted in Lauderdale County for Child Abuse

THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY GRAND JURY RECENTLY INDICTED KALIYAH B. VAUGHN AND BRYNT J. TAYLOR FOR ABUSE OF A CHILD. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MAY 2023 IN WHICH VAUGHN’S 10-MONTH-OLD BABY SUSTAINED SERIOUS BURNS. THE BABY SUFFERED SECOND-DEGREE BURNS ON BOTH FEET AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS ON THE BACK. CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE ABUSE, DOCTORS AT NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION, THE CASE WAS PRESENTED TO THE GRAND JURY. ON WEDNESDAY, VAUGHN AND TAYLOR WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT-TORTURE/WILLFUL ABUSE OF A CHILD.

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