Alabama couple accused of torturing three young children with blowtorch

An Alabama mother and her boyfriend were arrested for allegedly torturing her🐎 three young children with ꧃a blowtorch, according to a report.

Ashleigh Ableman, 27, and her partner, Howard Anderson, 53, were hit with willful abuse of a🃏 child charge🌄s last week over the disturbing allegations.

The couple has been accused of using a blowtorch to burn Ableman’s children — ages 4, 7, and 9 — as well as carrying out other forms of abuse, investigators said.

“This is a case of obvious torture to these children. We knew immediately that we had to intervene,” .

Jacksonღ said the 🎃children, who are in the custody of the Department of Human Resources, suffered severe burns from the abuse.

The children r♛eportedly told investigators about some of the abuse, according to Jackson.

Ableman and Anderson were arrested after the Dale County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on their home in Ariton, Alabama.

They are both beไing held without bond pending the first appear𒁏ance, the local outlet reported.

Willful abuse of a child is considered a felony in Alabama and holds up to a 10-year sentence and a fಞine of $15,00ꦛ0.