Austin Davis, 32, was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated child abuse. The father got angry with his three children inside their car because no one confessed who had farted. He then continued to beat them all with a belt, sheriff's investigators said.
The police were called to a house near DeLand, Florida, on Dec. 15. A woman who lived with the family reported to deputies that the children had multiple black bruises on their legs, thighs and buttocks. She told deputies that one of the children said they were whipped because they would not tell Davis who passed gas in the car.
Injuries of the children were photographed and were shown to the deputies. The pictures showed a 6-year-old with several dark bruises on the buttocks, legs and thighs. A 12-year-old had dark bruises on his legs and thighs. A 9-year-old refused to have pictures of his bruises taken because he feared retaliation if Davis found out he reported the incident, the report states.
When interviewed by an investigator with the Department of Children & Families, the children said they were whipped on Thanksgiving Day weekend. The children told the DCF investigator that Davis got angry because someone passed gas while in the car and would not own up to it, deputies said.
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