The I-Team obtained police records that indicate there were also four additional complaints that were never investigated. Author: Bianca Buono Updated: 4:02 AM MST December 17, 2020
MARICOPA, Ariz. The 12 News I-Team has obtained new police records associated with a horrific child abuse case out of Maricopa.
The case that received nationwide attention involved Machelle Hobson, who faced a laundry list of felony child abuse and kidnapping charges stemming from the alleged treatment of her adopted children.
Police records obtained by the 12 News I-Team detail a long history of abuse allegations against Hobson and Arizona s Department of Child safety knew about it.
Hobson became known as the YouTube Mom after she was arrested in March 2019, accused of beating her seven adopted children with hangers, pepper-spraying them, forcing them to take ice baths and locking them in a closet for days at a time without food, water or access to a bathroom.