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Detective Billie Brown of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 22-year-old Samantha Lee Brasecker and 30-year-old Randy Lynn Stilwell Jr., both of Geneva Drive in Marion, with felony intentional child abuse inflicting serious injury.
Stilwell is the father of the 2-year-old victim, and Brasecker is Stilwell’s live-in girlfriend.
Investigators received information from the McDowell County Department of Social Services that the boy was bruised over his entire body, including his face, ears, abdomen, back, arms and legs.
Brown said further investigation showed that both suspects had repeatedly beaten the child for at least a month.
The victim and a 1-month-old boy have been removed from the home.