A BIZARRE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY COMING OUT OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. MARTHA AND TIMOTHY CROUCH OF AZTEC WERE ARRESTED MONDAY. MARTHA CROUCH IS ACCUSED OF BEATING AND TORTURING HER CHILDREN…AND FORCING THEM TO WATCH HER KILL THEIR PETS. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT ONE DAUGHTER TOLD AUTHORITIES STORIES OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE. SHE SAID HER MOTHER BOILED PUPPIES AND POISONED A KITTEN AS PUNISHMENT. THE HUSBAND, TIMOTHY CROUCH, FACES AN OBSTRUCTION CHARGE.
