Gineth Ramirez denied intentionally hurting the girl and told investigators that one burn resulted from an accident involving hot flan.
HIALEAH, Fla. — A 35-year-old Florida mother faces an aggravated child abuse charge after her 10-year-old daughter told investigators she was restrained in a chair and burned as punishment for misbehaving, according to police records.
Gineth Ramirez was arrested after authorities investigated allegations reported by the child at a Hialeah school on Sept. 9. An arrest report said a Florida Department of Children and Families investigator met with the girl and observed injuries on her arm and legs that appeared to be burns. Ramirez denied intentionally burning or restraining her daughter and offered a different explanation for one of the injuries.
The girl told the child protective investigator that her mother burned her on her arm and legs when she misbehaved, according to the arrest report cited by multiple South Florida news organizations. The child also alleged that Ramirez made her sit in a chair and tied her hands behind her back using rope or handcuffs.
The investigator reported seeing three injuries that appeared to be first-degree burn marks. They were on the girl’s right forearm, right shin and upper right thigh, according to reports citing the arrest record. Hialeah Police Special Victims Unit detectives were called to investigate, and the injuries were photographed.
When questioned by investigators, Ramirez gave a different account. She said one of her daughter’s burns happened about two weeks earlier while the two were making flan in their kitchen. According to the arrest report, Ramirez said her daughter wanted to taste the dessert and was given a spoon containing hot flan.
Ramirez told investigators that the girl dropped the spoon and the hot food landed on her leg. Police records cited by news outlets say Ramirez could not explain the other injuries and told investigators she had not known about them. She denied deliberately burning her daughter.
Ramirez also acknowledged using a chair as a form of discipline but disputed the child’s account of being restrained. According to the arrest report, she told investigators that she would make the girl sit in a chair facing a wall when she misbehaved but denied tying her hands. She also denied hitting the child.
Police arrested Ramirez on Sept. 10. NBC 6 South Florida reported that Miami-Dade jail records listed a charge of aggravated child abuse causing great bodily harm. Law&Crime described the allegation as aggravated child abuse with torture. The charge is an accusation, and Ramirez has not been convicted.
Ramirez appeared before a judge the following day, when a public defender was appointed to represent her and bond was denied, according to NBC 6 South Florida. Law&Crime subsequently reported that she was being held without bond and had an arraignment scheduled for Oct. 13.
The available reports do not establish that a court has reached any finding on the competing accounts given by the child and Ramirez. The criminal case will determine how prosecutors proceed with the allegations and whether the evidence supports the charge filed against Ramirez.
Author note: Last updated September 25, 2026.