(KAIR)--The alleged abuse of a child lands one Atchison woman behind bars.

“The police department conducted an investigation on Sunday evening involving an injury to a child under the age of 10,” said Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson. “That led to the arrest of a 34-year-old female.

He says Katie McElfresh was arrested on the charge of abuse of a child.

Officers began the investigation Sunday after they were alerted of the case by the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

She was booked into the Atchison County Jail where she remains without bond.