ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis woman appeared in court Thursday after being arrested earlier this week on suspicion of child abuse.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to Woemer Elementary School on April 29 at the request the Missouri Children’s Division and a school official.
Children’s Division had received a tip that two children had been burned by their mother, Sahara H. Abanoor, 36, who used a hot knife as punishment.
Police learned Abanoor struck the children with a charging cord, then placed a knife on the stove to heat it up.
Police said the children told investigators they were being punished because they forgot to clean.
The children were taken into protective custody with the Children’s Division and Abanoor was arrested.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Abanoor with four counts of abuse or neglect of a child. Two of the charges are class B felonies; the other two are class D felonies. She was jailed without bond.