An Ohio girl was beaten so badly with several belts that she bled and had what appeared to be “road rash” on her back, authorities said.
On Oct. 8, the young girl divulged to a classmate she was the victim of abuse at home. The classmate then told school officials, prompting an investigation by the Greene County Children’s Services, court documents obtained by WHIO-TV show.
On Oct. 19, the child showed up at her Beavercreek school even though the girl’s biological mother, Tchanavian Cantrell, recently had unenrolled her from classes and said she would be home schooled.
“School officials questioned why she was there, as they had been told she was being home schooled, and then called her mother,” the court records state. “When she learned that her mother was coming to pick her up, she ran out of the school building and into a nearby wooded area.”
Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputies located the girl after about a thirty-minute search, and the victim told them she was scared to go home. Officers noted the child had what appeared to be a “road rash” injury on her back.
According to the girl, her mother, Tchanavian Cantrell, stepfather, John W. Cantrell III, and two other suspects, Tammara Cantrell and Marquette Cantrell, used “a black belt, a metal belt, and a brown belt to beat her,” court documents state, noting the child “drew a picture of a belt that was used on her which madeher bleed through her pants and shirt.”
She said her guardians “took turns hitting her with the belt approximately 200 times” and then sprayed rubbing alcohol on her back, causing her even more pain, according to the records.
According to WHIO-TV, the girl told deputies she and other children in the home — “except the babies” — would be punished when something went wrong, including not doing chores correctly. All the children in the home have since been removed.
“This is more than any kind of punishment that was, any kid should face. this was well beyond corrective action by a parent,” Maj. Shawn Prall told the station. “She was terrified. she was running through the woods and she just looked terrified…there was obviously something going on in her life that she needed help.”
The four suspects were arrested and charged with felonious assault and endangering children.
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Original Article: Ohio mother and 3 others accused of beating girl with belts (frontpagedetectives.com)
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Leave them to me for about 15 min. I will “instruct” them accordingly.
Some adults should be beaten EXACTLY LIKE THEY BEAT THOSE CHILDREN!! That’s for sure!
I was teaching kindergarten when one of my students came to school kind of quiet. I watched his behavior and went over to him as he was painting a picture on an easel. All the other children were painting Happy Family pictures with blue skies and a happy face sun. His picture was painted with nothing but BLACK PAINT and consisted of black sun, black house, etc. Then I looked down at the back of his thighs and calves (he wore shorts that day)! His legs had welts, deep red welts! I called my partner teacher over to see what he was painting and pointed out his legs! We immediately called the Principal who came to the room and saw what was going on with this five year old boy!
Long story short, the Principle called authorities and they removed the boy from his mother’s care who had just had another baby by a different boyfriend. You see where this is going — boyfriend #2 was not fond of our kindergartner. So our little guy was placed in his Grandmother’s home where he flourished and was Happy, painting blue sky pictures with happy smiling grandmother, himself and his dog! He never came to school with whipped legs again and became a very happy outgoing little boy!
Sometimes it just takes people to be more observant around a child whose behavior changes radically! Teachers can save a lot of children from being abused just by watching their behaviors and noticing anything radically different — or even a subtle change in behavior! Children are so innocent and naive that they do not understand why they are being disciplined so severely! That’s where a family member or even a neighbor might help that child if the child is acting out themselves. When that happens, the child is crying out for help! HELP THEM!
Somebody should beat each of them 200 times!
My mother administered spankings for egregious behavior. She had her rules. Delivered by hand (once and a while the wooden spoon). Always on the backside because that is well padded. Never hit in anger. Never use anything but your own hand (no weapons belts, sticks etc.) They were very rare. I remember two and they were well deserved. To this day I am grateful for them because they helped me to grow into a better person. I used the same reasoning on my own son. Dad was not permitted to physically punish us for fear that he might be too heavy handed. Years later he told me he never wanted to spank us because he wanted us to like him better than mom. To this day we still recall at gathering about the wonderful childhood we had. How many times our cousins and friends have told us they wish they had our parents for their own. God bless you mama and daddy.
Absolutely correct! Discipline is very valuable to teach us that there is a consequence for a choice. My parents passed down a family tradition: they would tolerate neither rebellion nor defiant disobedience. We learned respect for authority, respect for others, and respect for property. I’m grateful to this day, and I’m in my 70s.
There is a major difference between discipline done with a loving hand or wooden spoon AND punishment done out of frustration for an overbearing situation! That girl was getting all the ANGER AND FRUSTRATION of those people who were NOT HER REAL PARENTS! Why were all those children in that unauthorized home??
Those Black adults had no idea how to take care of ALL those children and, unfortunately for the girl that got beaten repeatedly with a belt of some kind, those IGNORANT PEOPLE TOOK THEIR FRUSTRATIONS OUT ON HER!
Thank God she went to school and alerted authorities that something in her life is desperately wrong!! By making that action, she probably saved some of the other children from being abused and disfigured, suffering great emotional abuse too! SO GLAD THOSE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED (all of them) and the children taken away!!
AGAIN, there is a major difference between “loving discipline” and “nasty over punishment”! All good parents know this difference! Those that have never been a parent and are in charge of children and teenagers, do NOT understand the difference and unless they are trained and learned that difference, more kids will be hurt!
There is a major difference between discipline done with a loving hand or wooden spoon AND punishment done out of frustration for an overbearing situation! That girl was getting all the ANGER AND FRUSTRATION of those people who were NOT HER REAL PARENTS! Why were all those children in that unauthorized home??
Those Black adults had no idea how to take care of ALL those children and, unfortunately for the girl that got beaten repeatedly with a belt of some kind, those IGNORANT PEOPLE TOOK THEIR FRUSTRATIONS OUT ON HER!
Thank God she went to school and alerted authorities that something in her life is desperately wrong!! By making that action, she probably saved some of the other children from being abused and disfigured, suffering great emotional abuse too! SO GLAD THOSE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED (all of them) and the children taken away!!
AGAIN, there is a major difference between “loving discipline” and “nasty over punishment”! All good parents know this difference! Those that have never been a parent and are in charge of children and teenagers, do NOT understand the difference and unless they are trained and learned that difference, more kids will be hurt!
She and the other three need to have the SAME THING DONE TO THEM. Let them discover what it feels like to be beaten as they did to that child. WTH is this world coming to? WTH is wrong with people’s parenting skills? I still say that there should be tests to see if one would be a fit parent and if they are not, don’t let them have or adopt kids. I know that’s not possible or “politically correct” but I DGAD. Parents are killing kids for insanely small things and the courts are letting them either walk away or believe that they are “mentally ill” and need time in a mental hospital only to come out and do the same thing all over again.
People who abuse children, whether physically, verbally or for sexual gratification, are the lowest of creatures on earth!
They should have to spend a very long time in prison until they understand that this kind of behaviour is not condoned by the society they live in! Children are dependent on adults in order to survive in this world we live in, and when you abuse a child, there will be extremely bad consequences when, or if, this child reaches adulthood! Because these victims will most likely take it out on the next generation of children.
These people are animals. I hope they end up in jail and I hope the children are well cared for.