Tied to bed and beaten by US mom, rescued 4-year-old tells cops her name is 'Idiot'

Medical examination of the victim revealed that she had also been starved for days.

Hot Springs, Arkansas: In a horrifying incident, a four-year-old girl was rescued by police officials from a house in the US State of Arkansas after she was repeatedly zip-tied to a bed and beaten up by her mother and her boyfriend.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, when police discovered the minor at a home in Hot Springs, Arkansas, she was covered with bruises all over her body, severely injured right eye, ligature marks on her wrist and scars on her back.

During investigation, when police asked her name, she responded by saying 'idiot'.

Following the incident, police arrested the victim's mother, Jennifer Denen, 30, and her boyfriend Clarence Reed, 47.

Police said that when they found the girl, she had dried blood stains in and around her mouth, which pointed out that the girl was brutally thrashed by the accused. Medical examination of the victim revealed that she had also been starved for days.

In her statement to the police, another juvenile confirmed that the victim was often tied up, beaten and was referred to as an 'idiot'.

Confessing to the crime, Reed said that he had hit the girl with a wooden paddle and tied her to a bed after he found her climbing on one of the cupboards at their home.

If convicted, the victim's mother and her boyfriend face up to 32 years in prison. Both the accused in the case have been held on a bond of $500,000 and are due to appear in court on August 23 for the next hearing.