Stepmother arrested in Rathdrum child abuse case
Police arrested the wife of a man who is accused of brutally beating his 11-year-old daughter with a belt and then denying her medical care to hide the abuse.
The Rathdrum Police Department announced Wednesday that Melanie Dyk was arrested on a warrant and faces charges of injury to a child and aiding and abetting aggravated battery, both felonies, as well as failure to report child abuse, a misdemeanor.
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