A mother of 15 children was arrested and charged with child abuse and cruelty to animals after she poisoned the family cat and made her kids watch her boil their puppies alive.
According to New Mexico police Martha Crouch was also accused of beating her children…. Her husband, Timothy was accused of obstructing justice.
Crouch reportedly got cops’ attention when one of her adult children, not named in the report, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. One of Crouch’s daughters then told investigators of her mother’s alleged heinous acts of cruelty. Crouch and her husband are expected to be assigned public defenders.
The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department began looking into the Crouch household due to suspicion the children who lived there were being deprived an education, KOB 4 in Albuquerque reported.
Via https://ktla.com