Woman accused of child abuse in Laurel County after 18-month-old found with bruises on face, back

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A woman was accused of child abuse on Thursday afternoon, four miles south of London, after deputies were sent in response to a complaint in the area.

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media that deputies had been dispatched just before 1:45 p.m. on Thursday to Old Union Church Road in Laurel County, where Holley Strother, 19, was found, shortly before law enforcement contacted social services.

The 18-month-old reportedly had bruises on his face and back, authorities said.

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Strother was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child under age 12. She was lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center.

The child abuse investigation remains ongoing.


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