WA - Mom, Adriana Rivas, went shopping, left 6-year-old daughter in apartment alone b/c she pooped pants, bruised whipped w/cord, Aug ‘23 *arrest*

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A Washington mother is facing charges after police found her missing child last week, beaten and bruised in what investigators are calling an “absolutely horrific” child abuse case.

Tri-City Herald reports that police arrested Adriana Rivas in Frankin County on August 22 and charged her with second-degree assault of a child after she allegedly went shopping while leaving her 6-year-old daughter in their apartment alone.

Hours later, Rivas returned home to find the child missing, and subsequently contacted police. Officers found the victim at her grandmother’s house, and took her and her sister into protective custody.

Rivas told police that she went to a Fred Meyer store with her other daughter, 8, to buy food and toilet paper, leaving the 6-year-old at home because she “pooped her pants.”

When investigators questioned Rivas about signs of abuse found on the victim, Rivas allegedly said she had beaten the child with an HDMI cable after becoming so angry at the victim until she “saw red.”

“Adriana said that she hit the child so many times, she couldn’t give me a number,” Detective Julie Lee wrote in an arrest affidavit.

Rivas also told investigators that she left the child on a potty seat while she went shopping, but a witness told police he had seen bruising on the victim’s face a day before the shopping trip, then found her in a bathtub at the apartment on August 22, with more bruising, and subsequently took her to her grandmother’s home.

The victim was taken to an area hospital, where medical staff determined that she had red markings from the cord, as well as old and new bruising.

Missing 6-year-old Left Home Alone Found Hours Later, Beaten & Bruised as Mother Shops at Store

A Washington mother is facing charges after police found her missing child last week, beaten and bruised in what investigators are calling an “absolutely horrific” child abuse case. Tri-City Herald reports that police arrested Adriana Rivas in Frankin County on August 22 and charged her with...

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08/29/2023 Initial Arraignment

Hearing Time
8:30 AM
Result
Held

09/05/2023 Omnibus
Original Type
Omnibus

Hearing Time
8:30 AM
Result
Continued
09/05/2023 Hearing Continued Unspecified

Comment
NEW DEFENSE COUNSEL WAS APPOINTED
09/08/2023 States List of Witnesses

Comment
TRIAL
09/19/2023 Omnibus

Hearing Time
8:30 AM

10/03/2023 Pre-Trial Management Hearing
Hearing Time
8:30 AM

10/25/2023 Jury Trial
Hearing Time
8:30 AM
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Franklin County Case No. 23-1-50339-11