<div><p>Workers from the Arkansas Department of Human Services rescued a 4 year-old girl from an abusive home in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She had bruises all over her body, a black eye and swollen lips, but her answer to a normal question was the thing that shook officials the most.</p><p>"What's your name?" asked a social worker.</p><p>"Idiot," the young girl replied.</p><p>She was called idiot so often and for so long that that's the word that came to mind when she was asked her name. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>It left officials speechless.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/clarence-reed-jennifer-denen-child-abuse-time-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/clarence-reed-jennifer-denen-child-abuse-time-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/clarence-reed-jennifer-denen-child-abuse-time-1_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/clarence-reed-jennifer-denen-child-abuse-time-1_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="Reed and Denin" alt="Reed and Denin" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Time</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The girl's mother, Jennifer Denin, and her boyfriend, Clarence Reed, were both arrested on charges of abuse and neglect. Four other children were also taken from the home.</p><p>Denin admitted she had seen her boyfriend hit the girl with a plastic bat, and said she had heard him call her an idiot. She never reported the abuse or sought medical attention for her daughter.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Reed denied hitting the girl with a bat and instead insisted it was a paddle. He admitted calling her an idiot, but claimed it was in "jest". He also said he zip-tied her to a bed in order to punish her for climbing counters.</p><p>They face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.</p><p></p></div>