A man is accused of pouring boiling hot cooking oil onto a toddler and blasting him with a hair dryer because he wouldn’t stop crying.
The hot air burned off the 17-month-old’s skin in the terrifying attack, in Florida, US.
Police have charged Darlanne Toussaint with attempted murder on his girlfriend’s son. It is claimed he poured the hot cooking oil on the boy, shook him hard for 10 minutes and then burned him with a hair dryer until his skin fell off.
Toussaint allegedly became angry because the boy kept stop whingeing.
“It is alarming to think that an individual can cause this type of harm to a human being, let along an infant of 17-months-old,” Apopka police Officer Steven Popp said. “The majority of us officers have children, and it is hard for a case like this not to affect you emotionally.”
The child is in stable condition at Florida Hospital and Toussaint is in custody.
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