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Kord Amon Huntley (Gatesville Police Department).
A man from Texas has been incarcerated following allegations of abusing his young son after the child answered a math problem incorrectly during homework time, as per Texas law enforcement.
Kord Amon Huntley, aged 34, faces charges of injuring a child with intentional bodily harm, as stated by the Coryell County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident reportedly took place earlier this month in Gatesville, a small town situated approximately 40 miles from Waco.
On February 4, the child’s mother alerted the authorities, claiming that her son reported Huntley had physically assaulted him, according to documents obtained by Waco’s Fox affiliate KWKT.
The young boy recounted that he was working on his homework the previous evening with his father, as detailed in the legal complaint.
While working together on an assignment, the boy tendered the wrong answer for a math equation, according to the Gatesville Police Department. The wrong answer allegedly upset Huntley, police said. In an ensuing interaction, the man grabbed the child by the shoulders and he somehow made contact with the floor, causing the victim to hit his back and head on a metal floor transition strip, police said.
But the alleged attack did not end there.
The child said when he was on the ground, he felt his father grab him by the chin and push on his throat, according to the affidavit and complaint. All the while, the man screamed at the child, police said.
Eventually, the boy was released and told to finish his homework and then go to bed, according to the charging document. Immediately after the incident, the boy said he was scared, had trouble breathing, and was unable to speak due to the pressure applied to his throat, police claim.
The next day brought further difficulties for the child.
The morning after the alleged attack, the boy said his throat was dry and that later at school he had difficulty swallowing food because it became stuck in his throat, according to the complaint and affidavit.
After school, when his mom came to pick him up, the boy revealed what happened the night before, according to the charging document.
Police were called and described an observable injury on the child, so a forensic medical examination was requested and performed at McLane Children’s Medical Center in Temple. A forensic nurse at the hospital said bruising and abrasions were present on the child and likely the result of an assault, according to law enforcement.
Over the weekend, Huntley was arrested and detained in the Coryell County Jail where he remains with bond set at $30,000, records show.
As it turns out, this month’s incident was not the first time the defendant has been accused of harming a child.
In July 2021, Huntley and a woman were indicted in Coryell County on felony charges of injury to a child with intentional bodily injury for allegedly using a spoon and a stick to beat a 3-year-old, according to the Killeen Daily Herald.
“The victim stated that he had been hit with a wooden spoon and a stick,” an affidavit in that earlier case reads — adding that the child’s mother discovered “extensive, serious bruising and linear marks ranging from the victim’s lower back to upper thighs.”
In January 2023, Huntley was sentenced to six years of probation for that prior case, KWKT reports.