SAN ANTONIO - The parents of a 7-year-old boy were arrested Saturday morning after police say they beat him with a belt, a stick, and even a hammer.
Yvonne Hernandez, 24, and Samuel Strait, 27, were both charged with injury to a child.
They were arrested after a Child Protective Services investigator reported severe bruises on the little boy. The parents said they were trying to prevent the boy from committing suicide. They said their son was having suicidal thoughts because of sexual abuse by a relative, but investigators said they found the allegations to be unfounded.
