Babysitter Left 2-Year-Old Girl with Broken Jaw and Bruises ‘From Her Head to Her Toes,’ Prosecutors Say

A Texas woman is behind bars and facing a steep prison term as her trial began over extreme child abuse she allegedly inflicted on a toddler she was babysitting when the little girl did not behave.

Katrina Lanett Evans, 34, stands accused of one count of injury to a child in the first degree and two counts of injury to a child in the third degree, according to the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office.

Katrina Lanett Evans

The underlying 2023 incidents concern a 2-year-old girl the defendant was babysitting as well as her own daughters, who were 3 years old and 5 years old at the time, authorities say.

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Ultimately, the little girl suffered a broken jaw, broken bones in her wrist and hand, as well as bruises and scratches “from her head to her toes,” a nurse from Falls Community Hospital testified on Monday.

The emergency room nurse went on to describe additional injuries to the child, including white circular scars akin to cigarette burns and a “U-shaped” bruise seemingly caused by blows from a belt buckle.

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The babysitter both inflicted extensive physical trauma on the 2-year-old and failed to seek medical care for her, prosecutors say.

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