Daytona Beach, Florida. Officials believe the suspect used the child during a dispute against her partner in Daytona Beach over the weekend.
According to WFTV, security personnel at the beach reported that an 18-year-old Florida woman hired a child to beat her husband.
The child has been hospitalized and is likely to live a healthy life.
The woman, identified by the Associated Press as Tatiana Allen, was arrested.
Allen initially called 911 and reported that her boyfriend was abusing her, but it was difficult for him to locate her exactly at the time, and she was heard asking people where she was at the beach.
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