Dad accused of beating 8-year-old son on the head (Rock Hill, South Carolina)

UNNAMED DAD is accused of beating his 8-year-old son--and the boy's brother. No mention of a mother in the home.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/09/01/3334879/2-child-abuse-cases-probed-when.html

2 child abuse cases probed after teachers see injuries on students
From Staff Reports - The Herald
The Herald

ROCK HILL --
Teachers at two Rock Hill elementary schools noticed suspicious injuries on their students and alerted authorities of possible child abuse.

On Aug. 22, a teacher at Ebenezer Elementary school saw three knots on the top of her student's head. The boy, 8, said his father hit him in the head with his fist and a brush at their home, according to a Rock Hill police report.

The York County Department of Social Services was alerted, and a caseworker told police the boy and his brother both said their father "hits them all the time." The boy also said his father, a 36-year-old Rock Hill man, uses the ladder of his bunk bed to beat them with, the report states.

In a separate incident, a teacher at Belleview Elementary School became concerned when she saw a small burn on a 4-year-old boy's arm. The boy said he was burned with a cigarette by a 52-year-old Rock Hill man, according to a report. The report did not list the relationship between the child and the man, but noted his mother was not present at the time of the incident.

The boy was taken to Tricounty Pediatrics on Aug. 25, and the doctor stated it was likely a "non-accidental burn," the report states. DSS was notified and will conduct its own investigation.

Both cases are listed as still active and arrests have not been made.