Mom Suspected In Child Beatings Not Yet Charged

Still no charges have been filed against a Milwaukee mother accused of brutally beating three of her children.
The woman was arrested after police found three of her boys in an abandoned house at the corner of 35th and Brown streets.
The boys said they went to the house to get away from the their mother because she was beating them. Investigators said marks on the children's bodies support their story and believe the abuse has been going on for quite some time.
12 News' Brendan Conway will tell you what experts said people could do to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

The case has shocked the community and raised a number of questions about how abuse like this can happen without anyone noticing.
The three boys, 9-year-old twins and their 6-year-old brother, were found hiding miles from their home in the boarded -up house. Despite it's crummy condition, the boys said they used it as a refuge from their abusive mother who would hit them with everything from belts and broomsticks, to electrical cords and even her fists.
President of the Milwaukee Women's Center, Carey Tradewell Monreal, told News 12 she wonders how the abuse ever got that far.
Monreal said she sees cases of child abuse daily, but said this one stands out, not just because of what happened, but also how police discovered it.
"Children will cry out for adult attention when they're being abused, but if they're isolated and there are not adults around, they will often have to do what sadly these three children did and run away and make a huge noise in order to get attention," said Monreal.
Monreal told 12 News' Brendan Conway that it's up to everyone to help stop child abuse.
"If we're living in a neighborhood and I'm hearing yelling and screaming and loud noise from the house next door and children running out and children who are not in school, that is an indicator that the children are not safe next door," she said.
Monreal said getting involved is not always comfortable, but it's necessary.
"It is more important for us to help children than to worry that our neighbor or brother in-law or sister will get mad at us," she said.
According to "Prevent Child Abuse Wisconsin," signs of child abuse include children who have unexplained bruises or welts, when a child shrinks at the approach of adults and when a child has not received medical help when necessary
When the mother in this case was arrested, six of her children were living in foster care. The seven still living at home have been moved to protective custody.