A prolific foster mother in Missouri is being investigated for allegedly trading a foster child in exchange for a monkey, according to police who are looking into claims of abuse against numerous children.
Seventy-year-old Brenda Deutsch reportedly worked as a foster mother for decades and took care of over 200 children according to sources that spoke to KMOV-TV. Deutsch is accused of abusing a child for years, said Lincoln County prosecutors.
‘We didn’t have any police reports. We didn’t have any requests for prosecution. We didn’t have anything.’
The alleged abuse occurred between Sept. 2022 and Jan. 2025, according to court documents. Prosecutors said Deutsch hit the child in the face, causing injury and bleeding, as well as other acts of physical, mental, and emotional
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