PITT COUNTY, N.C. - A mother has been criminally charged after investigators said she mutilated her 20-month-old toddler, allegedly leaving the child with missing fingernails and toenails.The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nikki Manning, 30, on one count of felony child abuse inflicting serious injury.
Sgt. Lee Darnell told FOX Television Stations that deputies received a report of a child possibly being abused at the mother’s Greenville home on Oct.
5.Nikki Manning, 30. (Pitt County Sheriff's Office )The toddler was sent to nearby Vidant Medical Center where hospital staffers noticed the child had multiple fingernails and toenails missing.