Dad faces child abuse charges for beating 4-year-old daughter (Mesa, Arizona)

Dad GEORGE KUYKENDALL has been arrested on child abuse charges for beating his 4-year-old daughter with a folded power cord. Authorities call it one of the "worst case of child abuse they have seen""--at least where the child survived. Note that it was Daddy's battered GIRLFRIEND who took the child to the home of unspecified "family members," who then called the police.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT: Where is this little girl's mother?

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/mesa/mesa-man-arrested-in-beating-of-4-year-old-daughter

Mesa man arrested in beating of 4-year-old daughter
Posted: 06/08/2010
Last Updated: 1 hour and 50 minutes ago

By: Dave Biscobing
By: Deborah Stocks

MESA, AZ - Police said a Mesa man has been arrested for beating his 4-year-old daughter in what detectives are calling one of the worst abuse cases they've ever seen.

George Kuykendall, 31, has been charged with three counts of child abuse, according to court records.

Mesa Police Sgt. Ed Wessing said the girl was beaten multiple times on Friday and Saturday with a coiled power cord.

Pictures shown to ABC15 reveal that the girl had cuts, bruises, welts and blood over her entire body.

"This was not just a whipping," Wessing said. "This was a beating."

The father's live in girlfriend was present during one of the beatings, police said. She is under investigation but has not been arrested.

The girlfriend and Kuykendall have a history of domestic violence, court records show.

In fact, she called police to their apartment Sunday morning because he kicked her out. At no point did she tell officers that the little girl had been abused, police said.

The girl was not taken for medical care until Sunday. That's when other family members saw the girl and took her to the Cardon Children's Hospital in Mesa.

Hospital staff then notified police.

"She was covered in blood with bruising all over her body," Wessing said. "This is probably the worst we've seen in a child abuse case where the child survived."

The 4-year-old remains in the hospital and is reportedly expected to be alright.