Women Sought After Child Punished With High-Pressure Water Blasts
'Bloody-Murder' Screams Heard By Car Wash Manager
POSTED: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
UPDATED: 9:25 am EST March 6,
2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A search is under way for two women caught on car wash surveillance video restraining a screaming girl and then using a high-pressure wand to blast her with water in an apparent form of punishment.
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A manager at Magical Carwash located at 11105 Bloomfield Drive in Orlando said the women pulled into the business and immediately began to torture the young girl."It wasn't like a regular cry," manager Marlene Diaz said. "It was more like a screeching, high-pitched cry. One of those bloody-murder cries that you are just in pain."Diaz said the women never washed the car."They put $2 in, started the machine and went straight for the baby," Diaz said."They never cleaned the car?" Local 6's Erik von Ancken asked."No," Diaz said."We are concerned that this girl is subjected to any other types of abuse," Orange County Cmdr. Matt Irwin said. "If this is not a one-time incident, then who knows what else she faces as forms of punishment."Investigators are searching for a white Hyundai seen in the video.Sheriff's investigators said they are concerned about the child's well-being.Anyone with any information on the identity of the women or the girl is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Child Blasted With Water A manager at Magical Carwash located at 11105 Bloomfield Drive in Orlando said the women pulled into the business and immediately began to torture the young girl."It wasn't like a regular cry," manager Marlene Diaz said. "It was more like a screeching, high-pitched cry. One of those bloody-murder cries that you are just in pain."Diaz said the women never washed the car."They put $2 in, started the machine and went straight for the baby," Diaz said."They never cleaned the car?" Local 6's Erik von Ancken asked."No," Diaz said."We are concerned that this girl is subjected to any other types of abuse," Orange County Cmdr. Matt Irwin said. "If this is not a one-time incident, then who knows what else she faces as forms of punishment."Investigators are searching for a white Hyundai seen in the video.Sheriff's investigators said they are concerned about the child's well-being.Anyone with any information on the identity of the women or the girl is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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