A Portland, Oregon woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for abuse of her infant son, which was all allegedly done to "test" the child's father's love for him, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.
"Cops visited the home of Sharday McDonald on Oct. 28, 2021 during a welfare check and discovered the mistreatment she was inflicting on her infant," reported Mark Alfred. "Police said McDonald initially denied trying to drown the baby, but images were recovered of her waterboarding him, holding him 'by his onesie' as she poured water over his face." She also placed him in the freezer, according to the news update.
According to the report, McDonald ultimately told prosecutors "that her actions were a test to see if the boy’s father actually cared about him."
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McDonald pleaded guilty to criminal mistreatment last month. She has also pleaded guilty to identity theft and witness tampering in an unrelated case.
Extreme cases of child neglect and abuse can often have horrifying consequences.
Earlier this year, a Utah "momfluencer" was arrested along with her husband after one of their children escaped from their house, emaciated from malnourishment and covered in wounds, and begged for help from neighbors. And in 2020, a Missouri couple and two of their neighbors were charged after their daughter was killed in a brutal exorcism ritual that reportedly involved beatings with a leather belt and wooden spoon, sexual abuse with foreign objects, and being dunked in an ice-cold pond.
