The girl's mother has now been charged. Investigators said she watched or took part in the abuse of her daughter and delayed getting her help.
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Investigators said Julianne Lewis allowed her boyfriend Dimitrios Moscharis to hit her 9-year-old daughter with a curtain rod or a baton and put the child in a closet for 15 hours without food or water, with clothes placed on top of her.
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Medics noticed the alleged abuse after the child was pulled unconscious and clothed from a bathtub this week.
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When she said she could not breathe, the mother and her boyfriend allegedly waited at least 45 minutes to call for help.
A police report claims the daughter was deprived of oxygen long enough to cause brain damage, critically injuring her.
Lewis and Moscharis are both in custody and each faces a list of charges.