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'Household Food Was for Guests': Mom Forced 8-Year-Old To Eat Trash and Beat Her With Household Items

Florida mother accused of beating daughter, leaving her alone overnight and forcing her to eat discarded food. (Credit: Miami-Dade Corrections)

An eight-year-old girl in Florida allegedly survived on expired food and scraps taken from the rubbish because the food inside her home was supposedly 'for guests'.

Investigators now accuse her mother of repeated abuse so severe that deputies reported finding scars and injuries across the child's body.

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