A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to child abuse against his daughter that prosecutors described as "staggering."

Ian Tatro, 28, admitted to 20 counts of unlawful neglect of a child and one count of obstruction of justice on Monday.

The father also told the child that he 'wished he could kill her and get away with it.'

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said that Tatro's daughter spent two days in the hospital and was one of four children who were taken into emergency protective custody.

The torture of the 8-year-old child was uncovered after authorities received an anonymous tip and investigated the residence in 2022. Workers with the Department of Social Services said they had gone to the home several times to investigate but that the girl had been hidden by four adults wh

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