Man disciplined special needs daughter by burning hands on stove
Police say a Phoenix man caused first- and second-degree burns to both hands of his 6-year-old special needs daughter by intentionally pressing her hands onto the hot stove.
Police said the child was examined by a forensic medical expert after the incident that happened between March 16 and March 27. The girl’s father, Timothy Auger, was interviewed by police and police say he admitted to grabbing his daughter’s wrists and pressing her fingertips on the front of the stove in an attempt to show her it was hot.
Auger, 59, said he did this on more than one occasion with the most recent happening two days before the victim told someone about the abuse.
Auger is charged with felony child abuse.