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Daughters unusual actions

for a few years now my daughter (age 9) has done some things that have alarmed me.  a few years ago I found a "pouting doll" (the ones that stand in the corner) that she played with - she had dug out the mouth and private areas of the doll.  I dont' think she did anything with them just bore it out.  Then she has a picture/story bible that i noticed all of the girls eyes and mouths were shaded in in pencil, nothing else was drawn or colored just that.  Then just recently in her school agenda she did the same thing to a girl on one of the pages.  This behavior really disturbes me as I fear she may have some issues.  If anything really traumatic happens she doesn't talk about it much, and if she does its like it's no big deal. Please let me know if I should take her to a therapist, and maybe suggest one near by.  
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No abuse that I know of.  She used to spend a great deal of time with her grandparents  when she was younger, but I know they wouldn't hurt her.  Tramatic as in she watched me get physically abused by a man I was dating once (one and only time it ever happened) she was about 3 and never even cried or told him to stop she just sat there and watched like she was watching TV.  More recently she watched her biological father's house be raided and hauled off to jail.  He has been in and out of jail since she was born.  She was next door at her grandparents when it happened.  
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Has she been abused, I would take her to a therapist just to be sure, when you say if something tramatic happens she dont really talk about, what tramatic things are you talking about
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