Girls, 3 and 5, beaten with cord, stick; younger had 'horrific injuries'
A judge Thursday sentenced a Modesto father and stepmother to 13 years in prison each for abusing their 3-year-old girl so severely she spent weeks in the hospital.
Prosecutors called it one of the most serious cases of physical abuse they had seen in their careers.
The Indulas told police they beat the 3-year-old and her 5-year-old sister with electrical cords and a broomstick. The younger girl spent six weeks in a hospital recovering from life-threatening head injuries and suffered permanent burn scars, authorities said.
