‘Obvious torture’: Alabama Mother & Boyfriend Arrested for Using Blow Torch on 3 Children as Punishment

An Alabama couple was arrested Thursday night after allegedly using a blowtorch to severely burn young children. WDHN reports that Ashleigh Ableman, 27, and Howard Anderson, 53, have been charged with one count each of torture/willful abuse of a child, in connection with alleged abuse involving Ableman’s three children. According to Dale County jail records, …