Overview
- Naseline Timouche, 27, was arrested on Saturday, June 6, and is charged with aggravated child abuse causing great bodily harm and child neglect without causing great bodily harm.
- Miami-Dade deputies say a welfare check produced statements from an 8-year-old who described being hit repeatedly with a cord, a frying pan, a spatula and a charging cable.
- The child told investigators she was often left alone for long stretches, sometimes overnight, and was forced to eat expired food or food taken from the trash because food at home was reserved for “guests.”
- A neighbor told deputies she met the child about two months earlier, repeatedly provided food and clean clothes after finding the girl unsupervised, and helped her on June 5 when she was seen walking alone.
- Timouche reportedly made admissions during a detectives’ interview, remains held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight jail, and the investigation and prosecution are ongoing.