Two persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a child and severe beating of another child and their mother over the weekend.
According to a release from Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox, Benton County Dispatch was notified just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 20, regarding a 4-year-old female who was deceased. The father, 28-year-old James Mast, of a rural Cole Camp residence, stated that his daughter had been beaten, submerged in a pond, then left to freeze on the bank before being taken back into the residence. The mother of the deceased, 28-year-old Mary S. Mast, and a 2-year-old male child also were beaten to a severe extent. Mary and the toddler were transported by ambulance to Bothwell Regional Hospital in Sedalia, where they are recovering.
One child dead, mother and second child recovering after being severely beaten
BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A toddler is dead and her mother and another child are recovering in a Sedalia hospital after all three were severely beaten Sunday morning.
In a Facebook post, the Benton County Sheriff said an investigation led Benton County deputies to arrest 35 year old Ethan J. Mast and 21 year old Kourtney T. Aumen, pending multiple felony charges.
The post says 28-year-old Mary S. Mast and two children were beaten to a severe extent resulting in the death of Mary Mast s four-year-old daughter in rural Cole Camp.