Montgomery City woman accused of hitting youth with tennis racket, horsewhip
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman from Montgomery City has been charged with a plethora of felonies after she was accused of abusing three children.
Shelley Denese Haislip, born 1968, was charged Wednesday in Montgomery County with four counts of abusing a child younger than 14 years old, three counts of first-degree kidnapping and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Court records show she posted bond on Thursday.
A hearing was held on Thursday and Haislip waived her arraignment. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16.
The three child victims were interviewed in September about the possible abuse and allegedly stated they were “spanked” with a tennis racket, leather belts, a wooden hanger and a horsewhip, according to the probable cause statement. The youth also described getting hit on their bare feet with the horsewhip, the statement says.
The children also claimed Haislip would lock them in a room and not allow them to leave, even if they needed to use the bathroom, the statement says. Children allegedly told investigators that some of them would “go” in their pants or try to sneak out a window in order “use the bathroom,” the statement says.
One of the children would also sneak out the window in order to get their siblings food, the statement says. The youth claimed they would be locked in the room for days and the only way for them to eat was to sneak out when Haislip was sleeping, the statement says.
The children were put in foster case, and the foster parent allegedly told authorities “the eating habits of Juvenile 3 concerned (them) due to them eating so much so quickly that they would often choke or even get sick,” and that it took weeks to help them “curb this behavior,” court documents say.