My daughter, Tinsley Peterson, was abused by my baby sitters (now ex) husband, Andrew Vaughan, on March 6, 2015. She was 9 months old at the time and he bit her, choked her, broke her collarbone, almost detached her ears from her head and squeezed her stomach so hard that he left bruises.    The biting occurred in Jasper County in Joplin, Missouri and the rest of the abuse happened in Newton County. He was charged with a felony Child Abuse (class C) in each county and sentenced to 120 day shock incarceration. When he arrived at the St.Joe Department of Corrections they told Newton and Jasper that he is not eligible for the 120 day shock program because of his charge. Both counties planned on dropping the charge to Child Endangerment so that he could serve the 120 days shock. I talked to Newton County and they are leaving the charge as abuse, as they should and they are starting all over and re-sentencing him with the correct sentence.  Jasper County has been more of a battle. I argued with them on the phone for two days because they still want to change the charge to fit what they sentenced him to in the beginning. They charged him with the correct charge but sentenced him incorrectly.    Under Missouri law from the website dss.mo.gov Title: Child Welfare ManualSection 7: Glossary/ReferenceChapter 28: Physical AbuseEffective date: November 30, 2015 An adult biting a child is considered child abuse. NOT ENDANGERMENT!   Please sign and share this petition to help me get the justice my daughter deserves! She was and still is somewhat, afraid of men. I cannot take her to the doctor if it is a male doctor. Me and my family have suffered so much mentally and emotionally and we would really like him to get the charge and sentence he deserves! Thank you all so much!