SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) -- Two Sequoyah County women are pleading innocent to child abuse charges in the beating and starving of a 4-year-old Braggs boy.<br/><br/>Brenna Smith and her mother, Sharon Smith,
Friday, October 7th 2005, 9:46 am
By: News On 6
SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) -- Two Sequoyah County women are pleading innocent to child abuse charges in the beating and starving of a 4-year-old Braggs boy.
Brenna Smith and her mother, Sharon Smith, are charged in Sequoyah County District Court. The boy was found starving, beaten, handcuffed and locked in a closet in Sharon Smith's home in Gore.
Prosecutors say the two women are related to the boy and baby-sat him while his mother and stepfather worked. The mother and stepfather also face child abuse charges.
Prosecutors say they expect trial for the Smiths to begin in February.
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