Police are asking the public’s help to identify a woman seen in a disturbing video abusing a sobbing toddler. (Picture: Corpus Christi Police)

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Police are hunting for a woman filmed smothering a sobbing toddler with her backside in a horrific social media clip.

The Corpus Christi Police Department posted the appalling video on Thursday in hopes that the public may be able to identify the girl, who police say appears to be two or three-years old.

In the footage, an unidentified woman can be seen pressing the toddler into a mattress with her backside while music plays.


The woman then takes the wailing and coughing girl and appears to squeeze her in between her legs. At one point, the girl seems to shout ‘Mommy.’



Police wrote: ‘This video appeared in a local closed group on social media, but we are unsure if this video originated within the City of Corpus Christi.’

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‘We have blurred out the image of the minor child for her protection. If anyone has any information on the identity or the whereabouts of the female in this video, please call 911 immediately.’

In the video’s comments, police posted a picture of a tattoo on the woman’s ankle, which appears to be a crown.

Corpus Christi police posted this photo of the woman’s tattoo in hopes it may identify her. (Picture: Corpus Christi Facebook)

The video has been shared more than 2,700 hundred times and amassed more than 140,000 views since the police posted it on Thursday.

A screenshot from a Facebook user appears to show screen grabs of the video. One even shows the woman stepping on the girl’s face.

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Posts seen by Metro US suggest the video may have been uploaded by the woman as part of a private Facebook ‘watch’ party which viewers must be invited to join.

A Facebook user who flagged the posts up has also contacted police to make them aware of what may be the woman’s identity.

It is unclear whether the clip was filmed in a bid to make money. The relationship between the woman and child is still unknown.