A 25-year-old Columbus man has been charged with beating his toddler so severely she had to be taken to the hospital Saturday.
Officers charged Jon-Michael Murray, of 74 Azalea Drive, with child abuse after responding to his residence Friday at about 4 p.m. and finding his 18-month-old girl with a broken leg and arm, bruises and a cut on her cheek, said Police Public Information Officer Terrie Songer.
Murray, whose bond had not been set by 9 a.m., said the girl had been injured while he was spanking her.
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