Police reported that a Pennsylvania man who beat, choked, and allegedly buried his 6-year-old daughter in the yard because he thought she was lying, has been arrested and charged with a felony.
According to a police report referenced by KDKA, the girl told investigators that her father, John Kraft, 50, frequently struck her with a belt and his arm, which had a metal rod installed in it from surgery.
She claimed that he buried her and left her there all night.
The Attorney of the Greene County District, David Russo said, “The allegations are that this child was beaten brutally, that the child had bruises all over her body, that she was choked to the point that she had passed out.”
After social workers examined the girl, they discovered severe bruising on her body and face in September.
When the child and a sibling were questioned by police two weeks ago, they revealed that Kraft allegedly buried the girl in a hole in the backyard.
According to the police report, The girl stated that her dad would leave her in the yard “until she told the truth and that she would come out of the ground dirty and smelling like sewage.”
A number of offences have been brought against the girl’s father, including false imprisonment of a minor, unlawful restraint of a minor, strangulation, endangering the welfare of children, and reckless endangerment.
A sum of $125,000 was charged for him to be granted bail.
According to reports, the two kids have now been placed in foster care.