Ormond father charged with child abuse after telling daughter, 13, to kill herself

A father has been charged with felony child abuse after calling his juvenile daughter a string of abusive names and telling her to kill herself, according to a charging affidavit.

The girl said she attempted suicide because her father told her to, the affidavit stated. The mother said the girl is 13 and they live in Palm Coast.

Gared Wayne Canales, 33, was charged with third-degree felony child abuse, punishable by up to five years in prison.

He also abused the child between April 7 and 10 in Flagler County, according to a charging document.

Canales was arrested last month in Massachusetts on a warrant from Flagler County.

In the redacted charging affidavit from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Canales hurled several demeaning insults at the girl during a phone conversation before telling her “to go (expletive)” herself and telling her she was worthless. The phone was set on speaker mode during at least a portion of the conversation and some of the girl’s friends were in the room, according to the affidavit…

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