A woman, Rhonda Shoffner, has assaulted her 12-year-old daughter for failing to recite a Bible verse correctly. The 12-year-old girl from Pennsylvania, United States narrowly escaped death after she was beaten and choked by her mother.
Forty-one-year-old Shoffner was sentenced Wednesday to 2½ to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including aggravated assault of her daughter, who was younger than 13.
Police say the girl was forced to kneel on the bathroom floor at Shoffner’s Middletown home and repeat Bible verses.
They say Shoffner slammed her head into the wall each time she made a mistake. They say Shoffner also told the child she was going to kill her and attempted to strangle her.
Police say the girl fought off Shoffner, who told her to leave and never return. The girl called her father, who drove her to a police station.
