Reedley woman arrested accused of torturing adopted 5-year-old son who was severely burned

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A pistillate has been arrested, amid accusations of torture and maltreatment of a five-year-old boy.

The Reedley Police Department said they archetypal learned of the lawsuit erstwhile they received a telephone that the young kid had been admitted to the trauma portion astatine Community Regional Medical Center with terrible 2nd and third-degree burns connected his body.

Detectives began to analyse and determined that the kid was a unfortunate of terrible kid maltreatment and that the burns were caused by vulnerability to blistery water.

Police arrested the child's adoptive mother, 33-year-old Rosa Rios, and charged her with torture, battle with a deadly weapon, and kid abuse.

As of Tuesday, the young lad is inactive undergoing attraction astatine the pain portion astatine Community Regional Medical Center.

Reedley Police accidental this remains an progressive investigation, and they are moving to taxable a lawsuit to the Fresno County District Attorney's Office for prosecution.

Anyone with accusation connected the maltreatment is asked to interaction Detective Jimenez at559-637-4250.