Child abuse survivor dies ten years after custodial dad, step convicted of starving him while chained to a bed (Lebanon, Tennessee)

UNNAMED DAD must have had full custody in order to starve a 15-year-old boy down to 50 pounds. Not explained (of course!) what happened to the mother or how Daddy ended up with full control.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8a87270f58a9411db35234fc7fdf972b/TN--Child-Abuse-Osborne

Child abuse survivor Josh Osborne, whose ordeal inspired a stronger Tenn. law, dies at age 24

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 02, 2014 - 12:40 pm EDT

LEBANON, Tennessee — Josh Osborne, a child abuse survivor who inspired a stronger Tennessee law, has died at age 24.

WTVF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1mkHwHG ) that Osborne was surrounded by friends and family when he died Tuesday night. He had been battling a virus in what was an ongoing series of health problems.

Authorities in 2004 found Osborne, then 15, in his Lebanon home where he had been starved and chained to a bed. He weighed only 50 pounds. Osborne's father and stepmother were later sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of attempted aggravated child neglect.

In 2008, then-Gov. Phil Bredesen signed the "Josh Osborne Law," which added starvation and dehydration to the list of child abuse charges.