Alleged child abuse

Bruising on the face of a three-year-old girl results in the arrest of her mother on abuse charges.21-year-old Brandi Harvey of Kirksville is facing felony charges of abuse of a child and endangering the welfare of a child.

According to court documents obtained exclusively by KTVO, Kirksville Police were summoned to the Adair County Law Enforcement Center after the child’s grandmother and uncle took the child there.

The child had suffered bruising all over her face; cheeks, forehead and an ear, and one cheek had a cut with bruising.

Police went to Harvey’s home to investigate and check on the well-being of the child’s younger sibling.

When police got there, they say they noticed a marijuana smell, and discovered three people in another room that had an even stronger marijuana odor.

The one-and-a-half year old child at the home was taken into custody by the Division of Family Services.

Harvey is being held in the Adair county jail on 25-thousand dollars cash only bond.