Scalds Legs As Punishment

A four-year-old boy in the US state of Ohio died after his stepmother allegedly put his legs in scalding hot water as a punishment. Anna Ritchie, 25, put her stepson Austin Derreck Cooper's legs in hot water in a bathtub before sending him to bed at their home in Franklin, Ohio, police said.

A four-year-old boy in the US state of Ohio died after his stepmother allegedly put his legs in scalding hot water as a punishment. Anna Ritchie, 25, put her stepson Austin Derreck Cooper's legs in hot water in a bathtub before sending him to bed at their home in Franklin, Ohio, police said.