Mother shot 8-year-old daughter in leg to win $1 bet

[proud2BlibKansan]

Police: Mother shot 8-year-old daughter in leg to win $1 bet

Mother allegedly told her daughter not to say anything

By Eric Litke
Sheboygan Press staff


A Sheboygan woman shot her 8-year-old daughter in the leg with a BB gun to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend, authorities said Friday.


Angelique R. Vandeberg, 28, now faces up to three years in prison on a felony count of intentional child abuse issued Friday. Vandeberg's daughter, a city elementary school student, told police her mother and the mother's boyfriend were drinking heavily before the shooting, which occurred April 26 or 27, according to a criminal complaint.


"In my time as a prosecutor I've seen alcohol influence people to do some strange things," said Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco. "When people are not in the state of mind to think right, you get strange things happening."


The girl said the shot initially hurt so much she was unable to walk, the complaint said.

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[Zynx]

1. I can think of some place I would shoot her...a good deal higher...in the head region.

[atreides1]

3. Why

You'd only be trying to fill a space that's already empty!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. And I was thinking she obviously has no heart

[Solly Mack]

2. I must be getting old

I can hear my mother's voice coming out of my mouth.

What in the world is wrong with people today?

(and I'm aware it's not "today" and that people have engaged in some truly fucked up actions throughout the course of humankind)

still...my mother's voice

[renate]

5. that poor little thing

I hope she and her brother get away from that woman for good. It's a terrible thing to have happened but I hope that the benefits in the long run, from getting out of that house, outweigh the pain of being hurt (by her own mother! :cry:).