Horror as mum posts photo of toddler son hanging from hook to Facebook

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS STORY

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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Police said they heard from numerous people who were horrified to see a picture on Facebook of a very young boy dangling in the air from a door frame.

The 14-month-old was hanging by his twisted tee shirt and appeared to be scared and crying.

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A criminal investigation was launched through the child victim unit and now the boy's 18-year-old mother, Alexis Breeden, has turned herself in to police.

First Sgt. James Konicki with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office told CBS 6 News: “The baby’s father and mother had an argument and in retaliation the father posted this on Facebook to get the mother in trouble.”

Via CBS 6 News

He added that the father of the child was not involved in the alleged abuse and that the little boy is "absolutely fine".

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In an entry on Breeden’s own Facebook page, she lashed out at people criticising her parenting skills.

She wrote: “The cops came to my house twice last night and saw that he was fine.

"They think this was immature and dumb of me but he saw I was playing and no one needs to know everything going on because some of you aren’t parents and no one knows the full story. Mind your own f******business."

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Breeden is now facing child abuse charges.

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