A week after a 17-year-old boy was charged with causing the death of his girlfriend’s toddler, the girlfriend has been charged with permitting the abuse to occur.
Gena Nicole Sanchez, 22, of West Valley City, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with two counts of second-degree felony child abuse.
A summons was to be issued for Sanchez to appear in court on March 5 for an initial hearing.
Sanchez was allegedly present earlier this month when her boyfriend, 17-year-old Isaiah Weaver, spanked 21-month-old Jaycieion Sanchez with a heated clothes hanger, and also when he kicked and hit the boy.