Police Release Photos Of ‘Extensive’ Cuts In Adrian Peterson Child Abuse Case

The police have released photos detailing some of the cuts medical examiners deemed “extensive” and “child abuse” in the Adrian Peterson case.

UPDATE: Now Indicted For Child Abuse, Adrian Peterson Was Lauded By Religious And Anti-Gay Groups

Medical examiners have reportedly classified the extent of injuries inflicted on an unnamed 4-year old boy “extensive” and “child abuse” in a case in which NFL Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted by a grand jury.

“Sports Radio 610 in Houston obtained a draft of the police report which says Peterson admitted that he did, in his words, ‘whoop’ one of his children last May while the boy was visiting him in Houston,” CBS Minnesota reports.

When the 4-year-old boy returned to Minnesota, his mother took him to a doctor. The police report said the boy told the doctor Peterson had hit him with a branch from a tree.

The doctor told investigators that the boy had a number of lacerations on his thighs, along with bruise-like marks on his lower back and buttocks and cuts on his hand.

The police report says the doctor described some of the marks as open wounds and termed it “child abuse.” Another examiner agreed, calling the cuts “extensive.”

Here are two photos released by the Houston Police Department:

  

“The police report on the case includes photos of cuts on the boy’s thigh and hands. He also had bruises on his lower back and buttocks, and according to the report,” TMZ reports, adding, “Peterson admitted punishing him.”

Peterson allegedly beat the 4-year old with a switch.

UPDATE: Adrian Peterson Told Cops: I Will Never ‘Eliminate Whooping My Kids’

 

Editor’s note: We have cropped these images as necessary and as much as possible to depict only the injuries. The victim is a minor and we will not show his face or reveal his name, now or in the future.

 

Image, top by Joe Bielawa via Flickr

Inserts via Houston Police Dept.