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Rathdrum girl in stable condition

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | July 19, 2026 1:09 AM

News that police had arrested a Rathdrum man accused of brutally beating his 11-year-old daughter, causing injuries that led to kidney failure, shocked North Idaho this week and left some wondering how cases of suspected child abuse come to the attention of authorities. 

The girl’s father, 32-year-old Aaron Dyk, remains in jail on felony charges of injury to a child and aggravated battery after he allegedly beat his daughter with a belt for about four hours on July 5, then denied her medical care until July 10. 

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