A 9-year-old girl in West Virginia showed up to school with bruises on her face and told staff her parents allegedly beat her with a metal flyswatter, belt, and wooden paddle with holes in it. Cops say the parents also repeatedly locked the child in her room while they "went out to smoke."

Lewis Nuzum II, 52, and Josephine Nuzum, 45, are each charged with child abuse resulting in injury and child neglect resulting in injury, according to court records viewed by Law&Crime, following an investigation by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office.

Charging documents obtained by the local CBS affiliate WDTV outline the accusations against the couple, including statements they allegedly made explaining their side of the story.

According to police, the Nuzums told investigators that they would hit th

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