{"id":58784,"date":"2014-12-16T11:32:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=58784"},"modified":"2014-12-19T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:06:17","slug":"palmdale-mother-pleads-to-torturing-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/12\/16\/palmdale-mother-pleads-to-torturing-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale mother pleads to torturing children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In early 2013, Ingrid Brewer was accused of brutally beating and torturing her two adopted children — an 8-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl — in this West Palmdale home in the 39000 block of Clear View Court. Brewer pleaded no contest Dec. 15 to two counts of torture, and she now faces seven years to life in state prison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 52-year-old Palmdale woman accused of tying up and beating her two adopted children with electrical cords and a hammer has pleaded no contest.<\/p>\n

Ingrid Brewer<\/strong> pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of torture, and she is expected to be sentenced to\u00a0seven years to life in state prison, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Brewer has been in police custody since Jan. 16, 2013. She was arrested<\/a> hours after her two adopted children were found huddled in a blanket, under a parked vehicle, about a quarter of a mile away from their Palmdale home. The 8-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl told detectives they ran away from home because they were tired of being tied up and beaten by Brewer, according to Sgt. Brian Hudson of the Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Special Victims Bureau.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven our most veteran child abuse detectives were appalled at what we came across in this incident,\u201d Hudson said at the time.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 18, 2013, Brewer pleaded not guilty to two counts of torture, two counts of child abuse, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of battery with serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n

At a preliminary court hearing in March 2013<\/a>, sheriff\u2019s detectives and a registered nurse gave testimony on the abuse the children said they suffered at the hands of \u201cMama Ingrid.\u201d<\/p>\n

The children told detectives Brewer locked them in separate bedrooms while she was at work, and they were forced to use their trash cans as toilets, according to testimony from Detective Troy Bowser of the Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Special Victims Bureau.<\/p>\n

The 8-year-old boy said he\u2019d been beaten with ropes, pipes, coat hangers, belts and a hammer, Bowser testified.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 15, 2013, the boy managed to free himself from his room; then he freed his sister, and the two ran away from the Palmdale home, Bowser testified.<\/p>\n

The children were found around 1 a.m. the next morning, when temperatures were in the mid-20s.<\/p>\n

Both children had more than 100 injuries throughout their bodies, including injuries consistent with being tied up and being hit with a hammer, electrical cords, coat hangers, pipes, ropes and belts, according to testimony from Mary Reina, a registered nurse at Antelope Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

Detectives spoke with Brewer after the children were found, and Brewer said she was having \u201cdisciplinary issues\u201d and that she\u2019d only locked the children in their rooms at night to keep them from \u201cstealing food,\u201d according to Bowser\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n

Following the preliminary court hearing March 5, 2013, Brewer was ordered to stand trial on all charges.<\/p>\n

After Brewer pleaded no contest to the two torture counts Monday, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the remaining six felony charges. Sentencing is set for March 11, 2015.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note<\/span>: An earlier version of this story has been corrected. Brewer faces life in prison with a minimum of seven years to be served, not life plus seven years, as stated earlier.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Mother ordered to trial for child abuse, torture<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Child torture hearing postponed, father speaks out<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Kids allegedly tortured in Palmdale home, mother charged<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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