Mom Endured Beatings, Torture to Save Baby: Family

The family of Prosper Ortega, an Atlanta mother, says she survived days of torture at the hands of her husband to prevent him from leaving with the couple’s infant son. WARNING: Some images featured in this story may be disturbing. “Her ribs are broken. He beat her ribs and breast saying her milk was useless and she was worthless,” said Fawn Ortega, Prosper’s mother. “He tried to blind her so she couldn’t see her baby, he tried to make her deaf so she couldn’t hear him crying for her.” According to NBC affiliate WXIA, Prosper is in the hospital in serious condition and her husband, Aaron Uchitel, is charged with aggravated battery, false imprisonment, and cruelty to children. Police did not immediately return comment.