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For one thing, exaggerating the mothers actions only makes a case for her to fight. The truth is enough. She struck her daughter in rage and frustration. She'd been put out by the store. (Her daugher probably also failed a shoplifting lesson.) She's a child abuser. The end.

The Mishawaka authorities have already filed felony assault charges against this Ms. "Toogood", and are negotiating with her attorney. So said the sheriff in the news conference.

Negotiating what? The only leverage she's got is the kid, and if she does any more to her she'll be in the big house for a long time.

You know, I have a 4 yr old daughter and she is very outspoken. I wonder, if this child was much the same way, if she spoke right up and said, my mommy put those in her jacket or Mommy didn't get those here or mommy said taking things is ok. This child is right at the age, bless her heart, where they are brutally honest, even when something is to be kept a secret. I could see how that forthright, honest behavior would incite a "Traveller" to teach her daughter a lesson in "betraying kin". SICK, but one has to wonder how they stay so close knit in their families to the extent they do when criminal activity is going on unless they are intimidated early and isolated all their lives from outsiders.