
The Ellis County Attorney’s office filed felony child abuse charges in District Court on Wednesday against a 26-year-old Hays woman.
According to the complaint, “On or about the 17th of June, 2013, Jody Marie Brooks, did unlawfully, feloniously and knowingly torture or cruelly beat a 2 year old child. The child was struck and stomped on resulting in a mid shaft tibia fracture to his left leg and severe bruising to other areas of the body, above and below the waist.” Brooks remains in the Ellis County jail on a $100,000 bond.