Her stepdaughter arrived at Children's National Medical Center on August 26 with severe internal injuries, fractures and bruises. These injuries were determined to have been suffered over a period of time, with some in various stages of healing.
An older sibling implicated Lugo-De Fuentes, recalling hearing "whipping" sounds, which she believed was the stepmother beating her stepchild with a belt.
Lugo-De Fuentes then acknowledged striking the younger child with a belt and shoe, and inflicting assorted other physical punishments. She was arrested on September 2, and charged with one count of first-degree child abuse, one count of second-degree child abuse, and two counts of assault. Lugo-De Fuentes is currently being held on a $250,000 bond.
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