From potty training to child abuse?

process of being potty trained. that may have caused some of the injuries but not all of them.” this woman and her boyfriend in the dona ana county jail tonight charged with child abuse. her three-year-old son remains in serious condition at university medical center here in el paso. good evening… and thanks for joing us here on abc-seven at six. i’m ashlie rodriguez. and i’m bob harp. rick and estela are off today. las cruces police say the boy was found unresponsive in the family’s apartment on the 24-hundred block of idaho. the investigation shows the abuse may have escalated over potty training. 25-year-old alexandra moore and 29-year-old mario gonzalez are being held without bond tonight. this is a story our new mexico mobile newsroom crew is following for us tonight. let’s go live to reporter jamie warren in las cruces. las cruces police are describing this case as severe. they say the boy has bruises all over his body and is suffering from internal and external injuries. according to police, the mother’s boyfriend, mario gonzalez called 911 yesterday after the boy appeared to be not breathing. he was airlifted to el paso children’s hospital with life threatening injuries. court documents say family members told police the boy would misbehave and that gonzalez would spank him. the documents state the boy’s mother, alexandra moore said the 3 year old boy was grounded over the weekend for h behavior, but she says she did not see any significant injuries on him. las cruces spokesman dan trujillo says gonzalez told police the boy pinches himself on the stomach, but he says that does not account for all of his injuries. i spoke to a nearby neighbor who says its upsetting this happened so close by. 18:44:30 dan trujillo lcpd the injuries to the child are not consistant with just being disciplined for potty training or anything like that at least traditional what we’d think if as being disciplined both parents did admit or the mother and boyfriend did admit to spanking the child but again those injuries were not consistent sot 29:00 neighbor, did not want to be identified it makes me very mad it makes me unfortunately i’m one of those that if i see anyone doing anything i dont care how old i am im going to be all over them whos going to take care of those little kids if you dont step in the boy was airlifted to el paso children’s hospital with life threatening injuries jamie, such a sad story… our thoughts are with that little boy. thank you for the latest.