The headline is quite misleading. It implies some random father and son kidnapped a girl. You have to go FIVE PARAGRAPHS down to find out that this was the victim's father and that this was basically a case of false imprisonment and torture, not "kidnapping" as such.
The girl has been led to believe that her mother simply took of for Las Vegas. I'm rather curious as to how she "knows" this. Is this what Daddy told her? The one who has kept her chained at the ankle?
I would seriously doubt anything this sick psychopath told this girl. And I think that it needs to be verified that the mother is in fact alive, or whether she has been "disappeared" or is deceased for any reason. Because frankly, it is very likely the father was also abusive to the mother of these kids.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2016/05/19/Father-son-accused-of-kidnapping-13-year-old-girl.html
Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 - Updated: 9 hours ago
Father, son accused of kidnapping 13-year-old girl
Bonds set at $500,000 each for Timothy and Esten Ciboro
BLADE STAFF
Police have arrested Timothy Ciboro, 53, and his son, Esten Ciboro, 27, on a charge of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and shackling her to a support beam in the basement of this house at 825 Noble Street in Toledo.
A 13-year-old girl rescued late Wednesday from a North Toledo home where she said she was kept shackled in a basement for as long as a year is now in foster care, along with two other children taken from the house, authorities said this afternoon.
The girl was rescued when she managed to uncuff herself around 9 p.m. Wednesday with a spare key and run away after the suspects both went for a jog in a park, according to a Toledo police report.
The girl was discovered by a woman who called police when she saw the girl walking in the 700 block of Water Street about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. The woman told police the girl was carrying several bags and looked like a runaway. The woman told police that she went outside and convinced the victim to come indoors with her.
Once inside, the girl told the woman that her mother had left her and her two siblings and went to Las Vegas. She then told the woman her dad had taken her in but she had run away "because she gets in trouble for wetting the bed," for which he "puts handcuffs on her ankles" and "makes her sleep in the basement."
A judge set bonds at $500,000 each for the pair who were arrested at their residence early today and accused of kidnapping the girl, who told authorities she is the stepsister of younger defendant. The older defendant is a former Toledo firefighter.
During her basement captivity, the girl said she was “fed spoiled and old scraps of food and forced to defecate and void in a bucket containing ammonia,” according to court documents.
During their arraignment in Toledo Municipal Court on charges of kidnapping and child endangerment, Timothy Ciboro, 53, and Esten Ciboro, 27, were ordered held at the Lucas County jail in lieu of the bond pending their preliminary hearing May 26.
The victim told authorities she was “kept shackled by the ankle to a support beam in the basement of their [the suspects’] house for different periods of time, once lasting as long as a year,” [and] kept in the dark, according to a criminal complaint filed with the court.
The suspects were arrested about 1:40 a.m. at their house at 825 Noble St., where they live with the older suspect’s three underage children.
The girl told police her mother had left them to go to Las Vegas.
The girl was afraid to talk to the woman who discovered her on the street, according to the police report, because her captors had told her if she talked to strangers she would “get into more trouble.” She told police she was put in the basement for wetting the bed.
The girl told authorities she escaped by using a key to unshackle herself when the two suspect left the house to go for a jog in a park. She also told authorities she had not been to school since the first grade.
Robin Reese, the executive director of the Lucas County Children Services said that the agency has been aware of the Ciboro family since at least 2014 when someone saw the girl pick up a discarded bag of french fries from a a garbage container in a park and then eat them.
Service employees then stopped by the house but saw no signs of child abuse and left the girl there, she said.
This time, children services removed all three children from the house and placed them in foster care, Ms. Reese said. All three are fine, she said, adding that the victim’s hygiene was poor but she did not appear malnourished. It appears that the girl was the only child targeted for abuse by the suspects, she said.
Ms. Reese said all three children were home-schooled, may be why the suspects escaped detection for a while, because “the education process is helpful to us to keep an eye on families.”
The spokesman refused to reveal the girl's name or the names and genders of her siblings.
Timothy Ciboro was previously a Toledo firefighter until 2004, according to city and court records. Fire Chief Luis Santiago confirmed Mr. Ciboro was a firefighter.
"I remember him and I remember him not being a very good employee," the chief said.
In 2007, Mr. Ciboro filed a lawsuit against the city fire department in federal court and several lawsuits in Lucas County Common Pleas Court against the city.
He filed a harassment and wrongful termination suit against the city that year. He also filed a lawsuit against his union, Toledo Firefighters Local 92 for failure to represent, and a misuse of authority lawsuit against the arbitrator who heard his case. He was fired after being accused of demanding a discount on ice cream for a friend at a South Toledo ice cream stand in the summer of 2004.
In U.S. District Court in Toledo, Mr. Ciboro filed a complaint on Feb. 21, 2007 over a separate incident at his fiancee's residence. In the lawsuit, Mr. Ciboro claimed he was assaulted by fire Lt. Rico Daugherty and Firefighter William Bruss in February, 2005, while they were treating a diabetic man, who became ill at the home of Mr. Ciboro's fiancee.
Mr. Ciboro claimed he was shoved into a doorway and struck on the head, neck, and back in an altercation with firefighters. At the time, Mr. Ciboro was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and misconduct at an emergency. One of the assault charges was dismissed; a jury in Toledo Municipal Court found him not guilty of the other count. A judge found him guilty of misconduct at an emergency, a minor misdemeanor.
Neighbor Maria Luna, 41, said the house was occupied by the father and three children, one of whom is believed to be the victim. They lived at the house for at least seven years.
Family members mainly kept to themselves and were always respectful.
"We've sat here watching everybody around us. We didn't notice anything. What did we miss?" she said.
Travis Bell, 23, said he was shocked by the news of his neighbor. He described Tim Ciboro as standoffish, and said he attempted once to speak with him.
"He just went into the house and closed the door," Mr. Bell said.
Mr. Bell said this incident reminded him of Ariel Castro in Cleveland. Castro hanged himself in prison in 2013 after being sentenced to more than 1,000 years when he pleaded guilty to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape involving three women he kept hostage in his home.
In 2013, three women who were held captive for more than a decade escaped when Castro left to get food from a nearby fast-food restaurant.
Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Gina DeJesus had been kidnapped when lured them into his vehicle with the offer of a ride, and held in his Seymour Avenue home. They escaped May 6, 2013. Two of the survivors were acquainted with Castro.
Lucas County Children Services is still in the early stages of collecting information about the Ciboros, such as their previous employment history.
"From our information, that name has been tied to that residence for quite some time but we don't know how long yet," Julie Malkin, Lucas County Children Services spokesman, said.
"This one is an unusual situation and that's all I can say about it at this point," Ms. Malkin said. "We're still pulling information together."
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Friday, May 20, 2016
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Custodial dad stripped 8-year-old son named and chained him for five hours; mother has been "away" since boy was a baby (George Town, Malaysia)
Are you kidding? Mom has been "away" since this boy was a baby?
Take a closer look at Daddy, the one who stripped an 8-year-old child naked and chained him up.
Do you think he is somehow incapable of beating, torturing, or even killing the boy's mother?
Do you think that even if she is still alive and well somewhere, she is able to come back and safely claim her son or "co-parent" with this torturer?
Honestly, the media just assumes we're all idiots. "Away" my @$$.
UNNAMED DAD.
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/cops-to-refer-father-of-chained-boy-to-dpp
Cops to refer father of chained boy to DPP
Wednesday May 18, 2016 08:01 AM GMT+8
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 ― Police will refer the case of a 45-year-old school van driver who allegedly stripped naked and chained his eight-year-old son at a stairway of his flat for five hours in Paya Terubong last weekend to the deputy public prosecutor’s office soon for further action.
George Town police chief ACP Mior Farid Alathrash Wahid said police had already recorded the father’s statement and released him on police bail on Monday afternoon.
“We would complete our investigation soon and submit the investigation papers to the DPP’s office for the next course of action,” he said adding that if there were any elements of abuse appropriate action would be taken under the Children Act 2001 for child abuse.
In the incident, the father allegedly stripped his son naked and chained him for being naughty from 10pm on Saturday until 3am on Sunday.
A resident spotted the boy when he came home on Saturday night and took photographs and a video, and uploaded them on his Facebook page. The photographs and video had gone viral since.
Following media reports on the incident, the police investigated the case although no police report was lodged by anyone.
The boy has been placed under the care of the Welfare Department and police supervision since Monday.
Department director Said Sidup said the boy was warded at the Penang Hospital for medical observation following his traumatic experience.
“The boy’s health and mental condition will be supervised by the medical officers. We want to make sure he is in normal health.
“We are also trying to locate the mother of the boy who was said to be away since he was eight months’ old,” he said.
Take a closer look at Daddy, the one who stripped an 8-year-old child naked and chained him up.
Do you think he is somehow incapable of beating, torturing, or even killing the boy's mother?
Do you think that even if she is still alive and well somewhere, she is able to come back and safely claim her son or "co-parent" with this torturer?
Honestly, the media just assumes we're all idiots. "Away" my @$$.
UNNAMED DAD.
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/cops-to-refer-father-of-chained-boy-to-dpp
Cops to refer father of chained boy to DPP
Wednesday May 18, 2016 08:01 AM GMT+8
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 ― Police will refer the case of a 45-year-old school van driver who allegedly stripped naked and chained his eight-year-old son at a stairway of his flat for five hours in Paya Terubong last weekend to the deputy public prosecutor’s office soon for further action.
George Town police chief ACP Mior Farid Alathrash Wahid said police had already recorded the father’s statement and released him on police bail on Monday afternoon.
“We would complete our investigation soon and submit the investigation papers to the DPP’s office for the next course of action,” he said adding that if there were any elements of abuse appropriate action would be taken under the Children Act 2001 for child abuse.
In the incident, the father allegedly stripped his son naked and chained him for being naughty from 10pm on Saturday until 3am on Sunday.
A resident spotted the boy when he came home on Saturday night and took photographs and a video, and uploaded them on his Facebook page. The photographs and video had gone viral since.
Following media reports on the incident, the police investigated the case although no police report was lodged by anyone.
The boy has been placed under the care of the Welfare Department and police supervision since Monday.
Department director Said Sidup said the boy was warded at the Penang Hospital for medical observation following his traumatic experience.
“The boy’s health and mental condition will be supervised by the medical officers. We want to make sure he is in normal health.
“We are also trying to locate the mother of the boy who was said to be away since he was eight months’ old,” he said.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Custodial dad on trial for torturing son still has unsupervised visitation with other kids (Ontario, Canada)
At first you might chalk some of this up to incompetence. But as it goes on and on, down to this freaking piece of sh** of a father CONTINUING to get UNSUPERVISED VISITATION that this is thorough and complete corruption of the family court system by the fathers rights people.
And all their names are being withheld to "protect" the identity of the boy. The boy they set up for torture. Uh huh.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/04/29/mountie-in-child-abuse-trial-has-unsupervised-visits-with-his-other-children
Mountie in child abuse trial has unsupervised visits with his other children
By Gary Dimmock
First posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 08:16 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, April 29, 2016 08:36 PM EDT
The Mountie on trial for torturing and starving his shackled, naked 11-year-old son in a darkened Kanata basement is free on bail and has unsupervised weekend visits with his two other sons, who are younger than the first-born son he is accused of almost starving to death in 2013.
The father, who has admitted that he burned his oldest son’s genitals because he thought the boy was the devil, can still play with his other sons on weekends. The unsupervised visits happen outside of Ottawa and the stepmother, who is also on trial, is not present for the visits.
The father has said he chained and handcuffed his son in the basement, and that he rationed the boy’s meals down to just two peanut-butter pitas a day. He also confessed that he burned his son with a lighter and once hit him so hard with the back of his hand that the boy was left with a broken tooth, court has heard.
The victim was sent to live with his father after his mother died in 2009. The boy’s maternal grandmother went to court in 2011 to try to win visitation rights, but a judge rejected her motion. The boy was distraught about his mother’s death and torn between his maternal and paternal family. The judge who dismissed the grandmother’s motion relied on the Mountie’s story and the child psychologist he enlisted.
The psychologist recommended the boy should remain in the full-time care of the father and his wife, both of whom are now on trial.
The same psychologist told the boy’s father in 2010 that he couldn’t “terrorize” his son, and warned him that if he kept punishing the boy, he’d have to call in the child-protection office.
The judge who heard the case was also aware of allegations that the Mountie was an abusive father.
Still, the judge ruled the boy’s maternal family could not have visitation rights. In the 2011 decision, the judge said the father was to send report cards and a school photograph of the boy to his maternal relatives. And if there was correspondence between the boy and his maternal family, the judge ruled that the controlling Mountie was allowed to read all letters sent to the boy he later tortured.
Two years after that ruling, on Feb. 12, 2013, the boy escaped his chains and fled his Kanata basement in search of water. He weighed only 50 pounds and doctors said he had almost starved to death.
One neighbour spotted the boy crouched at his garden tap with an empty water bottle in hand, so he filled it up for the boy in the kitchen, handing it back to him through the patio door.
“I thought I was looking at a ghost. His face was sunken. He looked very old,” the neighbour testified last year at the trial, which began last September.
The boy’s father and stepmother are accused of keeping the boy shackled in their basement for six months. Both are charged with aggravated assault, forcible confinement, and failure to provide necessities of life.
One of their neighbours testified that the boy showed up at their front door around suppertime on the day of his escape.
She told court that she hadn’t seen the boy in a year and a half.
He used to be “chubby, happy and full of energy,” she said. “He was completely changed. I couldn’t recognize him.”
The boy appeared nervous, she said, and fumbled for piggy-bank change from his pocket, offering it while asking if he could stay at her home.
She started walking the boy back to his own home, but when the boy complained of back pain, her husband called the police.
Crown attorney Michael Boyce also called another neighbour to testify about the boy. She said he was small for his age, and occasionally wasn’t wearing proper winter clothes while waiting for the morning school bus, usually alone and across the street from where the other kids stood while his father watched from a car parked down the road.
The woman testified that the boy wasn’t allowed to go to birthday parties in the neighbourhood. She said that when she offered the thirsty boy a juice box, he said he had to go ask his father for permission. The boy returned and said he wasn’t allowed, the neighbour recalled.
The boy’s father and stepmother are prohibited from talking to one another, according to their bail conditions. The suspended Mountie is also charged with careless storage of 9-mm Luger. Lawyers for both of the accused declined to comment Friday.
The Children’s Aid Society has a policy not to comment on such cases.
The trial, presided by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger, continues Monday. There is a publication ban on several witnesses — including the child psychologist — to protect the identity of the boy.
And all their names are being withheld to "protect" the identity of the boy. The boy they set up for torture. Uh huh.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/04/29/mountie-in-child-abuse-trial-has-unsupervised-visits-with-his-other-children
Mountie in child abuse trial has unsupervised visits with his other children
By Gary Dimmock
First posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 08:16 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, April 29, 2016 08:36 PM EDT
The Mountie on trial for torturing and starving his shackled, naked 11-year-old son in a darkened Kanata basement is free on bail and has unsupervised weekend visits with his two other sons, who are younger than the first-born son he is accused of almost starving to death in 2013.
The father, who has admitted that he burned his oldest son’s genitals because he thought the boy was the devil, can still play with his other sons on weekends. The unsupervised visits happen outside of Ottawa and the stepmother, who is also on trial, is not present for the visits.
The father has said he chained and handcuffed his son in the basement, and that he rationed the boy’s meals down to just two peanut-butter pitas a day. He also confessed that he burned his son with a lighter and once hit him so hard with the back of his hand that the boy was left with a broken tooth, court has heard.
The victim was sent to live with his father after his mother died in 2009. The boy’s maternal grandmother went to court in 2011 to try to win visitation rights, but a judge rejected her motion. The boy was distraught about his mother’s death and torn between his maternal and paternal family. The judge who dismissed the grandmother’s motion relied on the Mountie’s story and the child psychologist he enlisted.
The psychologist recommended the boy should remain in the full-time care of the father and his wife, both of whom are now on trial.
The same psychologist told the boy’s father in 2010 that he couldn’t “terrorize” his son, and warned him that if he kept punishing the boy, he’d have to call in the child-protection office.
The judge who heard the case was also aware of allegations that the Mountie was an abusive father.
Still, the judge ruled the boy’s maternal family could not have visitation rights. In the 2011 decision, the judge said the father was to send report cards and a school photograph of the boy to his maternal relatives. And if there was correspondence between the boy and his maternal family, the judge ruled that the controlling Mountie was allowed to read all letters sent to the boy he later tortured.
Two years after that ruling, on Feb. 12, 2013, the boy escaped his chains and fled his Kanata basement in search of water. He weighed only 50 pounds and doctors said he had almost starved to death.
One neighbour spotted the boy crouched at his garden tap with an empty water bottle in hand, so he filled it up for the boy in the kitchen, handing it back to him through the patio door.
“I thought I was looking at a ghost. His face was sunken. He looked very old,” the neighbour testified last year at the trial, which began last September.
The boy’s father and stepmother are accused of keeping the boy shackled in their basement for six months. Both are charged with aggravated assault, forcible confinement, and failure to provide necessities of life.
One of their neighbours testified that the boy showed up at their front door around suppertime on the day of his escape.
She told court that she hadn’t seen the boy in a year and a half.
He used to be “chubby, happy and full of energy,” she said. “He was completely changed. I couldn’t recognize him.”
The boy appeared nervous, she said, and fumbled for piggy-bank change from his pocket, offering it while asking if he could stay at her home.
She started walking the boy back to his own home, but when the boy complained of back pain, her husband called the police.
Crown attorney Michael Boyce also called another neighbour to testify about the boy. She said he was small for his age, and occasionally wasn’t wearing proper winter clothes while waiting for the morning school bus, usually alone and across the street from where the other kids stood while his father watched from a car parked down the road.
The woman testified that the boy wasn’t allowed to go to birthday parties in the neighbourhood. She said that when she offered the thirsty boy a juice box, he said he had to go ask his father for permission. The boy returned and said he wasn’t allowed, the neighbour recalled.
The boy’s father and stepmother are prohibited from talking to one another, according to their bail conditions. The suspended Mountie is also charged with careless storage of 9-mm Luger. Lawyers for both of the accused declined to comment Friday.
The Children’s Aid Society has a policy not to comment on such cases.
The trial, presided by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger, continues Monday. There is a publication ban on several witnesses — including the child psychologist — to protect the identity of the boy.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Custodial dad, step charged with murdering 7-year-old son; mom had "limited rights" (Korea)
Dad is identified only as WON-YOUNG. This article actually acknowledges that this boy had a mother who was denied contact. But it is light on the details as to who in authority allowed this father to have custody, and refuses to link the problem of abusive fathers getting custody with crimes like this one.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160313000184
Father, stepmother tried to cover up brutal abuse of 7-year-old
Published : 2016-03-13 15:34
Updated : 2016-03-13 17:33
The body of a 7-year-old boy, which police were searching for since last week, was discovered buried at a mountain in Cheongbuk, Gyeonggi Province, on Saturday.
He was allegedly killed from months of abuse and confinement by his father and stepmother.
The father and stepmother of Shin Won-young reportedly confessed to police on Friday that they had hid the body of the boy for 10 days before burying him in the mountain on Feb. 12.
The 38-year-old stepmother identified as Kim reportedly confessed to locking Won-young up in a bathroom since November last year, feeding him only once a day and repeatedly abusing him such as by pouring icy water or chlorine bleach on him.
The preliminary autopsy by the National Forensic Service on Saturday showed the boy had suffered from starvation, multiple hypodermal bleeding and hypothermia, among other things.
Won-young’s death is the fourth high-profile case of brutal child abuse discovered this year. Search for the boy was initiated as part of the intensified nationwide survey on children who have not been admitted to school in time or have been absent for a long time.
Won-young’s biological father, identified only by his surname, admitted to finding Won-young dead on Feb. 2, a day after he allegedly suffered another round of beating by his stepmother.
The couple testified that they had wrapped the body of the boy and kept him hidden at their veranda at home before moving and burying the body some 5-meters away from the gravesite of the man’s father.
The couple had given mixed testimonies of their whereabouts. Credit card records had placed them near the mountain, before they confessed.
The police excavated the body of the boy early Saturday morning.
The police are planning to charge both with murder. They said Shin had admitted to having known about the abuse by his new wife but that he had been afraid of facing punishment.
The couple had also allegedly attempted to cover up their crime by sending each other text messages after Won-young’s death.
One of the messages sent by Shin to Kim read, “Won-young is doing ok right?,” to which Kim responded, “He ate well and even brushed his teeth.” The messages were exchanged on Feb. 3, the day after Won-young’s body was found in the bathroom.
Since being arrested earlier last week, they have also given mixed testimonies including how they left Won-young on a street, resulting in hundreds of members of the police force and various equipment, such as drones, being mobilized in search of the missing child.
The funeral of Won-young was carried out on Sunday and it was reportedly attended by his birthmother, who had divorced Shin some three years ago with limited visitation rights to her son. The mother had reportedly lost contact with Won-young and his sister, who has also been living with the father and the stepmother since August, 2014.
Controversy persists over the legal and systematic loopholes in protecting children from abuse, especially from their parents, as such acts by them are considered easier to hide.
Reports said that while there was evidence since 2013, such as pictures of Won-young’s beaten-up legs taken by a child protection agency, neither his father nor his stepmother had been questioned by the police. At the time, there were no regulations that required police to accompany counselors in suspected cases of child abuse.
The officials attempted to move Won-young to a child protection facility in 2014 but this was refused by his father. There were no legal grounds to force the separation.
Special laws were enacted in 2014, bestowing greater authority to the police and counselors at child protection organizations to investigate child abuses cases. Additional revisions to relevant laws have been made this year to better protect children but experts have pointed to a need for more fundamental changes, such as in the areas of social perception toward abuse by parents and chronic insufficiencies in budget and the workforce at child protection agencies. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160313000184
Father, stepmother tried to cover up brutal abuse of 7-year-old
Published : 2016-03-13 15:34
Updated : 2016-03-13 17:33
The body of a 7-year-old boy, which police were searching for since last week, was discovered buried at a mountain in Cheongbuk, Gyeonggi Province, on Saturday.
He was allegedly killed from months of abuse and confinement by his father and stepmother.
The father and stepmother of Shin Won-young reportedly confessed to police on Friday that they had hid the body of the boy for 10 days before burying him in the mountain on Feb. 12.
The 38-year-old stepmother identified as Kim reportedly confessed to locking Won-young up in a bathroom since November last year, feeding him only once a day and repeatedly abusing him such as by pouring icy water or chlorine bleach on him.
The preliminary autopsy by the National Forensic Service on Saturday showed the boy had suffered from starvation, multiple hypodermal bleeding and hypothermia, among other things.
Won-young’s death is the fourth high-profile case of brutal child abuse discovered this year. Search for the boy was initiated as part of the intensified nationwide survey on children who have not been admitted to school in time or have been absent for a long time.
Won-young’s biological father, identified only by his surname, admitted to finding Won-young dead on Feb. 2, a day after he allegedly suffered another round of beating by his stepmother.
The couple testified that they had wrapped the body of the boy and kept him hidden at their veranda at home before moving and burying the body some 5-meters away from the gravesite of the man’s father.
The couple had given mixed testimonies of their whereabouts. Credit card records had placed them near the mountain, before they confessed.
The police excavated the body of the boy early Saturday morning.
The police are planning to charge both with murder. They said Shin had admitted to having known about the abuse by his new wife but that he had been afraid of facing punishment.
The couple had also allegedly attempted to cover up their crime by sending each other text messages after Won-young’s death.
One of the messages sent by Shin to Kim read, “Won-young is doing ok right?,” to which Kim responded, “He ate well and even brushed his teeth.” The messages were exchanged on Feb. 3, the day after Won-young’s body was found in the bathroom.
Since being arrested earlier last week, they have also given mixed testimonies including how they left Won-young on a street, resulting in hundreds of members of the police force and various equipment, such as drones, being mobilized in search of the missing child.
The funeral of Won-young was carried out on Sunday and it was reportedly attended by his birthmother, who had divorced Shin some three years ago with limited visitation rights to her son. The mother had reportedly lost contact with Won-young and his sister, who has also been living with the father and the stepmother since August, 2014.
Controversy persists over the legal and systematic loopholes in protecting children from abuse, especially from their parents, as such acts by them are considered easier to hide.
Reports said that while there was evidence since 2013, such as pictures of Won-young’s beaten-up legs taken by a child protection agency, neither his father nor his stepmother had been questioned by the police. At the time, there were no regulations that required police to accompany counselors in suspected cases of child abuse.
The officials attempted to move Won-young to a child protection facility in 2014 but this was refused by his father. There were no legal grounds to force the separation.
Special laws were enacted in 2014, bestowing greater authority to the police and counselors at child protection organizations to investigate child abuses cases. Additional revisions to relevant laws have been made this year to better protect children but experts have pointed to a need for more fundamental changes, such as in the areas of social perception toward abuse by parents and chronic insufficiencies in budget and the workforce at child protection agencies. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Custodial dad, step charged with burning 7-year-old boy with hot water, retraining him with zip ties; what happened to boy's mom? (Clarksburg, Maryland)
Not one word on what happened to the mother of this little boy or how dad CRAIG ANTHONEY WILLIAMS got custody. This should be one of the first questions reporters ask, but they seldom do. Do we know that Mom is alive? If not, do we know for a fact that she died from natural causes? Has she "disappeared" due to extreme domestic violence (if Daddy was capable of doing this to a child, you can bet Mom got similar treatment). Was she out-maneuvered in family court? What?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3431857/Couple-charged-child-abuse-dipping-hands-seven-year-old-hot-water-restraining-plastic-wrap-zip-ties.html
Couple charged with child abuse after 'dipping the hands of their seven-year-old in hot water and restraining him with plastic wrap and zip ties'
Craig and Nicole Williams, of Clarksburg, Maryland, have been charged with first-degree child abuse after their son was hospitalized
The boy suffered a possible seizure, abrasions, blisters and bruisers
He told doctors his parents restrained him with plastic wrap and ties The couple, who have five other children, allegedly admitted bounding him
By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 09:44 EST, 4 February 2016 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 4 February 2016
A father and stepfather in Maryland have been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly restraining their seven-year-old son with plastic wrap and zip ties and burning him with hot water.
Craig Anthoney Williams, 42, and Nicole Williams, 39, came under investigation after their son was taken to Shady Grove Hospital on December 2 with a possible seizure, multiple abrasions, blisters and bruises over his body and head.
He had to be airlifted Children's National Medical Center for further treatment.
The little boy told doctors that his parents often bound him to his bed all day with zip ties.
Both his father and stepmother admitted to the staff that they restrain him, ABC 7 reported.
His father said he had been using plastic wrap to contain the boy to his bed for about seven months, usually at bedtime.
The father also said he would notice urine and fecal matter on the boy when he checked on him in the morning.
When the hospital called police, the boy told investigators that on Thanksgiving he was restrained in plastic wrap and only released to come to the dinner table, ABC 7 reported.
The boy said his father is the one who wraps and binds him most days, from his neck to his knees, securing him with zip ties or belts.
However he said his step-mother often assists.
When a nurse asked him what caused the blisters on his hands, the boy said his hands had been put in hot water.
According to the charging documents, the boy also has suicidal thoughts.
Both the father and step-mother were arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.
While the bonds were originally set at $300,000 and $400,000, a judge lowered bonds to just $10,000 each.
The couple have since been released. Five other children - aged one, four, six, 12, and 17 - live in the home in Clarksburg with the two.
Officials are not saying whether the parents are allowed to be around the kids, citing privacy laws, but neighbors said they have not seen the couple at their home in weeks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3431857/Couple-charged-child-abuse-dipping-hands-seven-year-old-hot-water-restraining-plastic-wrap-zip-ties.html
Couple charged with child abuse after 'dipping the hands of their seven-year-old in hot water and restraining him with plastic wrap and zip ties'
Craig and Nicole Williams, of Clarksburg, Maryland, have been charged with first-degree child abuse after their son was hospitalized
The boy suffered a possible seizure, abrasions, blisters and bruisers
He told doctors his parents restrained him with plastic wrap and ties The couple, who have five other children, allegedly admitted bounding him
By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 09:44 EST, 4 February 2016 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 4 February 2016
A father and stepfather in Maryland have been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly restraining their seven-year-old son with plastic wrap and zip ties and burning him with hot water.
Craig Anthoney Williams, 42, and Nicole Williams, 39, came under investigation after their son was taken to Shady Grove Hospital on December 2 with a possible seizure, multiple abrasions, blisters and bruises over his body and head.
He had to be airlifted Children's National Medical Center for further treatment.
The little boy told doctors that his parents often bound him to his bed all day with zip ties.
Both his father and stepmother admitted to the staff that they restrain him, ABC 7 reported.
His father said he had been using plastic wrap to contain the boy to his bed for about seven months, usually at bedtime.
The father also said he would notice urine and fecal matter on the boy when he checked on him in the morning.
When the hospital called police, the boy told investigators that on Thanksgiving he was restrained in plastic wrap and only released to come to the dinner table, ABC 7 reported.
The boy said his father is the one who wraps and binds him most days, from his neck to his knees, securing him with zip ties or belts.
However he said his step-mother often assists.
When a nurse asked him what caused the blisters on his hands, the boy said his hands had been put in hot water.
According to the charging documents, the boy also has suicidal thoughts.
Both the father and step-mother were arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.
While the bonds were originally set at $300,000 and $400,000, a judge lowered bonds to just $10,000 each.
The couple have since been released. Five other children - aged one, four, six, 12, and 17 - live in the home in Clarksburg with the two.
Officials are not saying whether the parents are allowed to be around the kids, citing privacy laws, but neighbors said they have not seen the couple at their home in weeks.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Custodial dad gets probation for beating, starvation, imprisonment of 12-year-old son (Detroit, Michigan)
Seriously. how is this not torture? Typical of the kid glove treatment that abusive custodial fathers get in the legal system. We've posted on this case before. Dad is identified as CHARLIE BOTHUELL IV.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/detroit-dad-pleads-gets-probation-in-case-of-boy-found-in-basement/
Detroit Dad Pleads, Gets Probation In Case Of Boy Found In Basement
January 19, 2016 1:07 PM
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit dad accused of abusing his 12-year-old son and hiding him in the basement of their home has agreed to a plea deal.
Charlie Bothuell IV — father of Charlie Bothuell V, who was missing for 11 days in June, 2014 — pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a reduced charge of fourth degree child abuse.
Judge Margaret Van Houten immediately sentenced him to 18 months probation, although he could have served up to a year in jail.
He was also ordered to take anger management classes and to follow all terms set by the Wayne County Third Circuit Court Family Division and to have no contact with his son. Court costs and restitution will be determined in the future.
Bothuell IV and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each were initially charged with second-degree child abuse and torture, but the torture charge was later dropped and Dillard-Bothuell’s case was dismissed.
The story made national headlines before the alleged victim was found hidden behind a heavy drum in the bowels of the townhome where he lived with his dad and stepmother.
The younger Bothuell testified about alleged abuse at the hands of the two, describing strenuous daily workouts, denial of food and beatings with a PVC pipe.
His father was giving an interview to cable TV host Nancy Grace when he learned that Charlie had been found by police. He expressed surprise and said he didn’t know his son was in the basement.
“I thought my son was dead,” Bothuell IV told reporters.
He fought for custody of the boy, now a teen, who was placed in the care of other family members.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/detroit-dad-pleads-gets-probation-in-case-of-boy-found-in-basement/
Detroit Dad Pleads, Gets Probation In Case Of Boy Found In Basement
January 19, 2016 1:07 PM
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit dad accused of abusing his 12-year-old son and hiding him in the basement of their home has agreed to a plea deal.
Charlie Bothuell IV — father of Charlie Bothuell V, who was missing for 11 days in June, 2014 — pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a reduced charge of fourth degree child abuse.
Judge Margaret Van Houten immediately sentenced him to 18 months probation, although he could have served up to a year in jail.
He was also ordered to take anger management classes and to follow all terms set by the Wayne County Third Circuit Court Family Division and to have no contact with his son. Court costs and restitution will be determined in the future.
Bothuell IV and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each were initially charged with second-degree child abuse and torture, but the torture charge was later dropped and Dillard-Bothuell’s case was dismissed.
The story made national headlines before the alleged victim was found hidden behind a heavy drum in the bowels of the townhome where he lived with his dad and stepmother.
The younger Bothuell testified about alleged abuse at the hands of the two, describing strenuous daily workouts, denial of food and beatings with a PVC pipe.
His father was giving an interview to cable TV host Nancy Grace when he learned that Charlie had been found by police. He expressed surprise and said he didn’t know his son was in the basement.
“I thought my son was dead,” Bothuell IV told reporters.
He fought for custody of the boy, now a teen, who was placed in the care of other family members.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Custodial dad, step on trial for torture of 11-year-old son (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
UNNAMED DAD. No word as to what happened to this boy's mother.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Dad in custody after holding 3-year-old child hostage at gunpoint (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
UNNAMED DAD. This kind of crime is nearly always dads.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/09/04/man-in-custody-after-overnight-police-standoff-in-south-mpls/
Man In Custody After Overnight Police Standoff In South Mpls.
September 4, 2015 5:50 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After hours of negotiations, a man is now in custody. Minneapolis police received the call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night from a home in the 3900 block of Garfield Avenue South. When they arrived, they learned a three-year-old child was inside the home with her armed father.
Police say, at one point, the suspect refused to communicate with authorities, so the SWAT team entered the home. They arrested the father and the child is now safe and sound.
Shots were fired around 1:00 a.m. when the suspect appeared to be shooting in the air. Police believed the suspects’s three-year-old child was in great danger and, as a precaution, an ambulance was on standby.
After conversations broke down between the SWAT team and the suspect, and authorities exhausted all possibilities, they entered the home.
The suspect is now in custody. His name has not been released, but a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department says the incident could be the result of a mental health issue. Authorities haven’t yet said what charges the suspect will face.
His daughter is now with her mother. Police say the mother was not home at the time of the standoff. Prior to the incident, she left the home with the couple’s second child.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/09/04/man-in-custody-after-overnight-police-standoff-in-south-mpls/
Man In Custody After Overnight Police Standoff In South Mpls.
September 4, 2015 5:50 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After hours of negotiations, a man is now in custody. Minneapolis police received the call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night from a home in the 3900 block of Garfield Avenue South. When they arrived, they learned a three-year-old child was inside the home with her armed father.
Police say, at one point, the suspect refused to communicate with authorities, so the SWAT team entered the home. They arrested the father and the child is now safe and sound.
Shots were fired around 1:00 a.m. when the suspect appeared to be shooting in the air. Police believed the suspects’s three-year-old child was in great danger and, as a precaution, an ambulance was on standby.
After conversations broke down between the SWAT team and the suspect, and authorities exhausted all possibilities, they entered the home.
The suspect is now in custody. His name has not been released, but a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department says the incident could be the result of a mental health issue. Authorities haven’t yet said what charges the suspect will face.
His daughter is now with her mother. Police say the mother was not home at the time of the standoff. Prior to the incident, she left the home with the couple’s second child.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Custodial dad, step on trial for severe abuse of 11-year-old son (Gold Hill, Oregon)
Another one of those cases where the mother's existence is neatly written out of the story.
How did abuser dad LAWRENCE MILLARD get custody? And what happened to the mother? Is she deceased? If so, do we know for a fact that it's from natural causes? Has she "disappeared"? If so, do we know the circumstances? Is she alive, but beaten out by this sadistic torture freak in family court? What?
http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150825/NEWS/150829734
Gold Hill couple on trial for child abuse
Prosecution: Boy burned, tied up
A Gold Hill couple are on trial facing accusations they severely abused their 11-year-old son.
By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Posted Aug. 25, 2015 at 5:54 PM
Nurse practitioner Diane Kutzke remembers her first impressions of an 11-year-old boy who came to her for treatment of his burned hands.
"He was a very polite, sweet little boy. He was thin — emaciated almost — with horrific burns," Kutzke said in a videotaped deposition, adding that unlike most children, he waited patiently while at the clinic, reading a Harry Potter book.
Kutzke said his swollen, reddish-purple hands had so much tissue damage she couldn't tell whether the burns were recent.
The Jackson County District Attorney's Office alleges the boy's stepmother, Angela Marie Millard of Gold Hill, said she would show the boy what hell felt like, then held his hands under scalding hot running water sometime around Thanksgiving 2014.
He didn't receive medical care for his burned, infected hands until early February, when his grandmother took him to a clinic in Washington state, prosecutors allege.
Angela Millard, 35, and her husband, Lawrence Millard, 38, the boy's biological father, are on trial this week in Jackson County Circuit Court facing a host of assault and criminal mistreatment charges. The trial is scheduled to continue through Thursday.
During the February health clinic visit, Kutzke said she also observed the boy had a broken tooth, a swollen foot, bruised legs and an injury to his face.
Fearing that his parents were traveling from Oregon and would pick him up at the Washington clinic, Kutzke called 911.
"I called 911 because it was clear to me he had been abused," she said in the deposition, which was played Monday during the trial. "I thought he was in imminent danger."
The Millards were arrested in February and lodged in the Jackson County Jail, where they remain on $100,000 bail each.
After interviewing the boy and conducting a search of the family's one-bedroom apartment, investigators said they found a blue rope the Millards allegedly had used to tie up the boy when Lawrence Millard went to work and Angela Millard — who was pregnant at the time — ran errands and went to her own doctor appointments.
The boy was allegedly left tied up so long he urinated and defecated on himself. Angry that his clothing then had to be taken to a laundromat for washing, the Millards allegedly responded by diapering the boy and then leaving him tied up, prosecutors said.
Testing revealed the boy's DNA on the rope, plus the DNA of both parents, according to court testimony.
Diaper packaging and a diaper — sized to fit a child between 38 and 65 pounds — were also found in the home, investigators said.
Jackson County sheriff's Detective Steve Bohn, who was part of the team that executed a search warrant on the Millards' home, said investigators found a broken tooth in the bathroom. A dentist later was able to affix the broken-off tooth to a tooth root in the boy's mouth, he said.
Prosecutors allege Angela Millard hit the boy so hard with a hairbrush she broke out the tooth. Lawrence Millard is accused of injuring the boy's legs by beating him with a table leg.
The boy is now being cared for by a foster family, along with his toddler sister and a baby sister who was born a few months ago, said Jackson County Deputy District Attorney Virginia Greer.
In a videotaped interview between the boy and Bohn that was played in court, the boy said he is glad he and his toddler sister were taken away from the Millards.
"She would probably die if my dad beat her like he did me. She's only 2," the boy said.
Prosecutors allege the Millards did not get medical attention for the boy, who is now 12, because they feared the alleged abuse would be discovered. They allegedly did not allow the boy to go to school after he was burned. School records show he stopped attending school.
The boy said his stepmother bandaged his hands, but did not take him to a doctor.
Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan, an expert in vulnerable victim and high-tech crime investigations, said a search of Lawrence Millard's laptop showed deleted content of the boy clad only in underwear with bandaged hands. The image was preserved on the Cloud, an Internet-based data storage system. #The photo was taken on Dec. 10, 2014, long before the boy's February visit to the Washington state clinic with his grandmother, Fagan testified.
Fagan said laptop and cellphone searches show someone in the household entered search terms for "What happens when CPS (Child Protective Services) is called on you," "When they come after you" and "CPS advice for parents."
Prosecutors said the parents made the boy write extensively as a punishment.
Bohn said investigators found numerous writings made by the boy as he referenced biblical scriptures and said he was trying to obey his parents so he would be allowed to go back to school. The writings were entered as evidence over the objections of the Millards' court-appointed defense attorneys, who said the submissions would be too prejudicial.
The defense attorneys said they would acknowledge some facts in the case are true, but that the prosecution's case is deficient because some facts are still in dispute.
As one punishment, Bohn said the boy had written, "I will listen to and love my family."
Bohn testified the boy wrote the sentence over and over again — 1,136 times.
How did abuser dad LAWRENCE MILLARD get custody? And what happened to the mother? Is she deceased? If so, do we know for a fact that it's from natural causes? Has she "disappeared"? If so, do we know the circumstances? Is she alive, but beaten out by this sadistic torture freak in family court? What?
http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150825/NEWS/150829734
Gold Hill couple on trial for child abuse
Prosecution: Boy burned, tied up
A Gold Hill couple are on trial facing accusations they severely abused their 11-year-old son.
By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Posted Aug. 25, 2015 at 5:54 PM
Nurse practitioner Diane Kutzke remembers her first impressions of an 11-year-old boy who came to her for treatment of his burned hands.
"He was a very polite, sweet little boy. He was thin — emaciated almost — with horrific burns," Kutzke said in a videotaped deposition, adding that unlike most children, he waited patiently while at the clinic, reading a Harry Potter book.
Kutzke said his swollen, reddish-purple hands had so much tissue damage she couldn't tell whether the burns were recent.
The Jackson County District Attorney's Office alleges the boy's stepmother, Angela Marie Millard of Gold Hill, said she would show the boy what hell felt like, then held his hands under scalding hot running water sometime around Thanksgiving 2014.
He didn't receive medical care for his burned, infected hands until early February, when his grandmother took him to a clinic in Washington state, prosecutors allege.
Angela Millard, 35, and her husband, Lawrence Millard, 38, the boy's biological father, are on trial this week in Jackson County Circuit Court facing a host of assault and criminal mistreatment charges. The trial is scheduled to continue through Thursday.
During the February health clinic visit, Kutzke said she also observed the boy had a broken tooth, a swollen foot, bruised legs and an injury to his face.
Fearing that his parents were traveling from Oregon and would pick him up at the Washington clinic, Kutzke called 911.
"I called 911 because it was clear to me he had been abused," she said in the deposition, which was played Monday during the trial. "I thought he was in imminent danger."
The Millards were arrested in February and lodged in the Jackson County Jail, where they remain on $100,000 bail each.
After interviewing the boy and conducting a search of the family's one-bedroom apartment, investigators said they found a blue rope the Millards allegedly had used to tie up the boy when Lawrence Millard went to work and Angela Millard — who was pregnant at the time — ran errands and went to her own doctor appointments.
The boy was allegedly left tied up so long he urinated and defecated on himself. Angry that his clothing then had to be taken to a laundromat for washing, the Millards allegedly responded by diapering the boy and then leaving him tied up, prosecutors said.
Testing revealed the boy's DNA on the rope, plus the DNA of both parents, according to court testimony.
Diaper packaging and a diaper — sized to fit a child between 38 and 65 pounds — were also found in the home, investigators said.
Jackson County sheriff's Detective Steve Bohn, who was part of the team that executed a search warrant on the Millards' home, said investigators found a broken tooth in the bathroom. A dentist later was able to affix the broken-off tooth to a tooth root in the boy's mouth, he said.
Prosecutors allege Angela Millard hit the boy so hard with a hairbrush she broke out the tooth. Lawrence Millard is accused of injuring the boy's legs by beating him with a table leg.
The boy is now being cared for by a foster family, along with his toddler sister and a baby sister who was born a few months ago, said Jackson County Deputy District Attorney Virginia Greer.
In a videotaped interview between the boy and Bohn that was played in court, the boy said he is glad he and his toddler sister were taken away from the Millards.
"She would probably die if my dad beat her like he did me. She's only 2," the boy said.
Prosecutors allege the Millards did not get medical attention for the boy, who is now 12, because they feared the alleged abuse would be discovered. They allegedly did not allow the boy to go to school after he was burned. School records show he stopped attending school.
The boy said his stepmother bandaged his hands, but did not take him to a doctor.
Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan, an expert in vulnerable victim and high-tech crime investigations, said a search of Lawrence Millard's laptop showed deleted content of the boy clad only in underwear with bandaged hands. The image was preserved on the Cloud, an Internet-based data storage system. #The photo was taken on Dec. 10, 2014, long before the boy's February visit to the Washington state clinic with his grandmother, Fagan testified.
Fagan said laptop and cellphone searches show someone in the household entered search terms for "What happens when CPS (Child Protective Services) is called on you," "When they come after you" and "CPS advice for parents."
Prosecutors said the parents made the boy write extensively as a punishment.
Bohn said investigators found numerous writings made by the boy as he referenced biblical scriptures and said he was trying to obey his parents so he would be allowed to go back to school. The writings were entered as evidence over the objections of the Millards' court-appointed defense attorneys, who said the submissions would be too prejudicial.
The defense attorneys said they would acknowledge some facts in the case are true, but that the prosecution's case is deficient because some facts are still in dispute.
As one punishment, Bohn said the boy had written, "I will listen to and love my family."
Bohn testified the boy wrote the sentence over and over again — 1,136 times.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Dad in "child custody conflict" kept 10-year-old son locked in home without food for five days (Jakarta, Indonesia)
So if UNNAMED DAD had a "clinically proven" mental disorder, then who allowed him to wage this "child custody conflict" against the mother? Once again, we see that too often fathers fighting the mother for custody have no interest in the welfare of the children.
Unfortunately, the worldwide influence of the fathers rights movement has emboldened control freak abuser dads everywhere--and authorities let them get by with this sh**.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/24/greater-jakarta-father-reported-confining-son.html
Greater Jakarta: Father reported for confining son
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Mon, August 24 2015, 9:26 AM
The Indonesian Commission on Child Protection (KPAI) and the North Jakarta Police took a 10-year-old boy from his father on Friday after his mother, identified as AF, reported the father for confinement.
Based on her report, the father was not only keeping the boy inside the house, but also did not allow him to eat and go to school for five days, KPAI secretary-general Erlinda said as quoted by wartakotalive.com on Saturday.
Erlinda added that the parents were involved in a child custody conflict.
“We need to conduct further psychology and health examinations to know whether the father has committed violence,” she said, adding that the father had once been clinically proven to suffer from a mental disorder.
The boy is currently staying at Safe House, the KPAI’s shelter for children who are in need of protection.
Meanwhile, the North Jakarta Police chief, Sr. Comr. Susetio Cahyadi Susetio, said that the police would investigate further to uncover the father’s motive.
Unfortunately, the worldwide influence of the fathers rights movement has emboldened control freak abuser dads everywhere--and authorities let them get by with this sh**.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/24/greater-jakarta-father-reported-confining-son.html
Greater Jakarta: Father reported for confining son
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Mon, August 24 2015, 9:26 AM
The Indonesian Commission on Child Protection (KPAI) and the North Jakarta Police took a 10-year-old boy from his father on Friday after his mother, identified as AF, reported the father for confinement.
Based on her report, the father was not only keeping the boy inside the house, but also did not allow him to eat and go to school for five days, KPAI secretary-general Erlinda said as quoted by wartakotalive.com on Saturday.
Erlinda added that the parents were involved in a child custody conflict.
“We need to conduct further psychology and health examinations to know whether the father has committed violence,” she said, adding that the father had once been clinically proven to suffer from a mental disorder.
The boy is currently staying at Safe House, the KPAI’s shelter for children who are in need of protection.
Meanwhile, the North Jakarta Police chief, Sr. Comr. Susetio Cahyadi Susetio, said that the police would investigate further to uncover the father’s motive.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Former custodial dad, step bound over for child abuse charges (Detroit, Michigan)
It's not reported here, but dad CHARLIE BOTHUELL IV formerly had custody. The boy is now safe with his mother.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/key-hearing-nears-end-in-case-of-detroit-boy-in-basement
Father, stepmother of Charlie Bothuell bound over for trial on child abuse charges
Posted: 7:32 AM, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 5:30 PM, Jun 24, 2015
DETROIT (AP MODIFIED) - The father and stepmother of Charlie Bothuell V will stand trial on second degree child abuse charges, a judge ruled today.
The Detroit boy was missing for 11 days before he was found in the family's basement a year ago.
The search for Charlie Bothuell led to an investigation of his father, also named Charlie Bothuell, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell.
Charlie says he was struck with a stick or PVC pipe if he disappointed his dad and stepmother. Charlie described his home as a "terrible place."
But defense lawyers say Charlie is lying. If he was stuck in the basement, they say he had many opportunities to leave the house during those 11 days.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/key-hearing-nears-end-in-case-of-detroit-boy-in-basement
Father, stepmother of Charlie Bothuell bound over for trial on child abuse charges
Posted: 7:32 AM, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 5:30 PM, Jun 24, 2015
DETROIT (AP MODIFIED) - The father and stepmother of Charlie Bothuell V will stand trial on second degree child abuse charges, a judge ruled today.
The Detroit boy was missing for 11 days before he was found in the family's basement a year ago.
The search for Charlie Bothuell led to an investigation of his father, also named Charlie Bothuell, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell.
Charlie says he was struck with a stick or PVC pipe if he disappointed his dad and stepmother. Charlie described his home as a "terrible place."
But defense lawyers say Charlie is lying. If he was stuck in the basement, they say he had many opportunities to leave the house during those 11 days.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
"Shared custody" dad to go on trial for murder of 6-year-old daughter (Calgary, Canada)
According to one of our earlier posts, dad SPENCER JORDAN had joint custody. See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Canada for similar examples.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/23/biker-group-shows-up-at-m_n_6925292.html
Bikers Against Child Abuse Show Up To Meika Jordan Murder Trial
By The Canadian Press
Posted: 03/23/2015 2:05 pm EDT Updated: 03/23/2015 3:00 pm EDT Share 98 Tweet 43 4
CALGARY - The Crown says a little girl was confined and tortured for several days in a Calgary home before she fell unconscious and later died.
The first-degree murder trial began today for the father and stepmother of six-year-old Meika Jordan, who died of blunt force trauma in 2011.
The Crown says a lighter was used to burn the girl on her hand.
Spencer Jordan and Marie Magoon have both pleaded not guilty.
The pair say the child was injured after she fell down stairs.
A group of bikers wore T-shirts with a photo of Meika as they marched with her mother from City Hall to the courthouse.
A spokesperson for the group says members plan to be at court every day of the trial to stand with the family.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/23/biker-group-shows-up-at-m_n_6925292.html
Bikers Against Child Abuse Show Up To Meika Jordan Murder Trial
By The Canadian Press
Posted: 03/23/2015 2:05 pm EDT Updated: 03/23/2015 3:00 pm EDT Share 98 Tweet 43 4
CALGARY - The Crown says a little girl was confined and tortured for several days in a Calgary home before she fell unconscious and later died.
The first-degree murder trial began today for the father and stepmother of six-year-old Meika Jordan, who died of blunt force trauma in 2011.
The Crown says a lighter was used to burn the girl on her hand.
Spencer Jordan and Marie Magoon have both pleaded not guilty.
The pair say the child was injured after she fell down stairs.
A group of bikers wore T-shirts with a photo of Meika as they marched with her mother from City Hall to the courthouse.
A spokesperson for the group says members plan to be at court every day of the trial to stand with the family.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Custodial dad accused of abusing children delays sentencing (Charlotte, Michigan)
I did a little digging, and I can't find a single word about what happened to the mother of these children. Of course, the media doesn't even bother to ask that question anymore. Notice that the kids are in residential treatment, not with Mom. So did the mother get similar treatment from dad SHAWNN DEGNER? Do we know for a fact that she's alive, and if not, that she is deceased from natural causes?
http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/Father-Accused-of-Abuseing-Children-Withdraws-Plea-296087581.html
Father Accused of Abusing Children Delays Sentencing
Updated: Thu 2:22 PM, Mar 12, 2015
By: News 10
Shawnn Degner delayed sentencing after judge extends prison time.
Charlotte (WILX) Shawnn Degner asked to delay his sentencing Thursday morning, minutes before he was scheduled to be sentenced in Eaton County Circuit Court for abusing his children.
The 40 year old Potterville man had originally agreed to a guilty plea and a sentence of 3 to 6 years. But Judge Janice Cunningham said new information that came to light during Degner's wife's trial made her reconsider and increased the length of prison time.
Degner said he wanted to think about his options. He'll face sentencing on April 3 with his wife, 37 year old Meagan Degner.
Degner plead guilty in January to a felony child abuse charge. Meagan Degner, step-mother to the teens, was tried and found guilty on the same charges.
Investigators say they tied Shawnn Degner's 13 year old daughter and 15 year old son to their bed and beat them as discipline.
An Eaton County prosecutor said the children were treated like animals.
The children are in a residential treatment program.
http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/Father-Accused-of-Abuseing-Children-Withdraws-Plea-296087581.html
Father Accused of Abusing Children Delays Sentencing
Updated: Thu 2:22 PM, Mar 12, 2015
By: News 10
Shawnn Degner delayed sentencing after judge extends prison time.
Charlotte (WILX) Shawnn Degner asked to delay his sentencing Thursday morning, minutes before he was scheduled to be sentenced in Eaton County Circuit Court for abusing his children.
The 40 year old Potterville man had originally agreed to a guilty plea and a sentence of 3 to 6 years. But Judge Janice Cunningham said new information that came to light during Degner's wife's trial made her reconsider and increased the length of prison time.
Degner said he wanted to think about his options. He'll face sentencing on April 3 with his wife, 37 year old Meagan Degner.
Degner plead guilty in January to a felony child abuse charge. Meagan Degner, step-mother to the teens, was tried and found guilty on the same charges.
Investigators say they tied Shawnn Degner's 13 year old daughter and 15 year old son to their bed and beat them as discipline.
An Eaton County prosecutor said the children were treated like animals.
The children are in a residential treatment program.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Bonds lowered for former custodial dad, step of "basement boy"; both charged with torture (Detroit, Michigan)
Last I heard, Mom had placement of the boy, though not legal custody. This suggests that she is, at minimum, a "good enough" mother. So why did this boy end up living with these sociopaths? That's the great unanswered question, and as far as I can tell, despite all the international media covering this case, no one has looked into it. Why? Who or what are they afraid of?
Dad is identified as CHARLES BOTHUELL IV.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/02/27/bothuell-court/24108383/
Bonds lowered for father, stepmom of 'Basement Boy'
Holly Fournier and Tom Greenwood, The Detroit News
11:55 a.m. EST February 27, 2015
Detroit — A judge lowered bond on Friday for the father and stepmother of the 12-year-old "Basement Boy" who was found hidden in their basement last summer, 11 days after he was reported missing.
Charles Bothuell IV, and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each had bond reset at $50,000, 10 percent. If they make bail, they must wear a GPS tether and have no contact with children, Judge Shannon Holmes said. #Bond for the couple previously was set at $500,000 cash/surety.
Bothuell IV also is prohibited from contacting the mother of the alleged victim, Charlie Bothuell V. #The couple was charged last week with one count of torture and child abuse in the second degree, which is punishable by up to life in prison.
According to police reports, the couple reported Charlie missing on June 14 from their home in the 1300 block of Nicolet Place.
Eleven days later on June 25, a sergeant from the Michigan State Police and a special agent from the FBI found the boy hidden behind boxes in the basement of his home.
The discovery was made after three previous searches, including the use of cadaver sniffing dogs. Police said Charlie appeared to be very thin and had marks on his upper body.
The two were in court Friday for a probable cause hearing at which counsel had a lengthy sidebar to discuss discovery that was submitted to the defendants' previously assigned attorneys. Holmes gave counsel until Monday to turn discovery over to new counsel.
In arguing for lower bond, attorneys for both defendants argued their clients do not have the means to flee. The prosecutor said the offenses charged are violent enough for high bails. #After the judge lowered bond, she set an indigency hearing for March 6 to discuss Bothuell IV's income and to determine if he will require financial help in his defense.
A preliminary exam is scheduled for March 27.
Bothuell IV's attorney, Farris Haddad, said following the hearing he now believes his client will make bail.
"The bond reduction is a very good first step," he said. "The charges are absolutely ludicrous; even the evidence the prosecution has shows that he's innocent."
The prosecutor's office alleges the boy's father and stepmother physically abused him on a systematic basis, denied him food, did not allow him to socialize with others, and forced him to engage in an "extreme and unreasonable exercise regime."
"We are thankful that the victim was found alive," Worthy said in a press release. "This is the first time that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child. Based upon the allegations, if any case warrants child torture charges, this one certainly does."
The story of the missing "Basement Boy" made headlines both nationally and internationally due to its bizarre nature.
The story became even stranger on June 25 during a broadcast of the "Nancy Grace" show in which Grace broke the news to Bothuell IV that his son had been found in the basement of his home.
Bothuell IV appeared stunned at the news, held up his hands in amazement and appeared to hyperventilate as his eyes darted back and forth.
"What? What?" Bothuell IV said.
When asked how his son ended up in the basement, Bothuell IV said, "I have no idea."
And then on June 27, Dillard-Bothuell appeared in court on a probation violation charge stemming from an earlier illegal purchase of a gun. She was jailed overnight and released on June 28. In August, the charges were dropped for lack of evidence.
Dad is identified as CHARLES BOTHUELL IV.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/02/27/bothuell-court/24108383/
Bonds lowered for father, stepmom of 'Basement Boy'
Holly Fournier and Tom Greenwood, The Detroit News
11:55 a.m. EST February 27, 2015
Detroit — A judge lowered bond on Friday for the father and stepmother of the 12-year-old "Basement Boy" who was found hidden in their basement last summer, 11 days after he was reported missing.
Charles Bothuell IV, and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each had bond reset at $50,000, 10 percent. If they make bail, they must wear a GPS tether and have no contact with children, Judge Shannon Holmes said. #Bond for the couple previously was set at $500,000 cash/surety.
Bothuell IV also is prohibited from contacting the mother of the alleged victim, Charlie Bothuell V. #The couple was charged last week with one count of torture and child abuse in the second degree, which is punishable by up to life in prison.
According to police reports, the couple reported Charlie missing on June 14 from their home in the 1300 block of Nicolet Place.
Eleven days later on June 25, a sergeant from the Michigan State Police and a special agent from the FBI found the boy hidden behind boxes in the basement of his home.
The discovery was made after three previous searches, including the use of cadaver sniffing dogs. Police said Charlie appeared to be very thin and had marks on his upper body.
The two were in court Friday for a probable cause hearing at which counsel had a lengthy sidebar to discuss discovery that was submitted to the defendants' previously assigned attorneys. Holmes gave counsel until Monday to turn discovery over to new counsel.
In arguing for lower bond, attorneys for both defendants argued their clients do not have the means to flee. The prosecutor said the offenses charged are violent enough for high bails. #After the judge lowered bond, she set an indigency hearing for March 6 to discuss Bothuell IV's income and to determine if he will require financial help in his defense.
A preliminary exam is scheduled for March 27.
Bothuell IV's attorney, Farris Haddad, said following the hearing he now believes his client will make bail.
"The bond reduction is a very good first step," he said. "The charges are absolutely ludicrous; even the evidence the prosecution has shows that he's innocent."
The prosecutor's office alleges the boy's father and stepmother physically abused him on a systematic basis, denied him food, did not allow him to socialize with others, and forced him to engage in an "extreme and unreasonable exercise regime."
"We are thankful that the victim was found alive," Worthy said in a press release. "This is the first time that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child. Based upon the allegations, if any case warrants child torture charges, this one certainly does."
The story of the missing "Basement Boy" made headlines both nationally and internationally due to its bizarre nature.
The story became even stranger on June 25 during a broadcast of the "Nancy Grace" show in which Grace broke the news to Bothuell IV that his son had been found in the basement of his home.
Bothuell IV appeared stunned at the news, held up his hands in amazement and appeared to hyperventilate as his eyes darted back and forth.
"What? What?" Bothuell IV said.
When asked how his son ended up in the basement, Bothuell IV said, "I have no idea."
And then on June 27, Dillard-Bothuell appeared in court on a probation violation charge stemming from an earlier illegal purchase of a gun. She was jailed overnight and released on June 28. In August, the charges were dropped for lack of evidence.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Custodial dad, step arrested for abusing 12-year-old daughter; girl in critical condition (The Netherlands)
I don't pick up a lot of stories from the Netherlands, but in format, it is virtually indistinguishable from the stories we see in every other country. Custodial dad and step misrepresented as "parents." Zero mention of the mother or how Dad acquired custody. No interest in whether a father who did this to the kids was equally capable of doing something to their mother. No curiosity as to how she "disappeared" from the picture.
But we do see an interesting hint here in that that the step's involvement in a child "protection" agency (i.e. abuser protection agency) may have helped them get away with this for so long.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.nltimes.nl/2015/02/25/parents-girl-critical-condition-arrested/
Parents of girl in critical condition arrested
Posted on Feb 25, 2015 by Hanna Daych
A seriously injured 12-year old girl from Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, who was taken to a hospital last week, was abused for years by her father and stepmother, according to the family’s neighbors, an Omroepwest.nl report reveals. Both are suspected of abuse and neglect and are being held in custody. The father will face a magistrate on Friday.
The girl was in a critical condition last Monday and had to be resuscitated four times before being transported to hospital, neighbors comment. When doctors noticed serious wounds not caused by CPR, the hospital notified police. The girl remains in an unstable condition, the broadcaster said.
Neighbors on Geestweg say that they have repeatedly reported problems with the family to child care authorities and emergency services. They say the brother of the abused girl was often locked in a shed and made to stay on the street in his underpants with tape over his mouth as a punishment. The children were systematically beaten and did not get enough food.
The case has lead to unrest, since the stepmother is the Vice Chairman of a child protection organization.
But we do see an interesting hint here in that that the step's involvement in a child "protection" agency (i.e. abuser protection agency) may have helped them get away with this for so long.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.nltimes.nl/2015/02/25/parents-girl-critical-condition-arrested/
Parents of girl in critical condition arrested
Posted on Feb 25, 2015 by Hanna Daych
A seriously injured 12-year old girl from Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, who was taken to a hospital last week, was abused for years by her father and stepmother, according to the family’s neighbors, an Omroepwest.nl report reveals. Both are suspected of abuse and neglect and are being held in custody. The father will face a magistrate on Friday.
The girl was in a critical condition last Monday and had to be resuscitated four times before being transported to hospital, neighbors comment. When doctors noticed serious wounds not caused by CPR, the hospital notified police. The girl remains in an unstable condition, the broadcaster said.
Neighbors on Geestweg say that they have repeatedly reported problems with the family to child care authorities and emergency services. They say the brother of the abused girl was often locked in a shed and made to stay on the street in his underpants with tape over his mouth as a punishment. The children were systematically beaten and did not get enough food.
The case has lead to unrest, since the stepmother is the Vice Chairman of a child protection organization.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Custodial dad, step charged with torture for abuse, imprisonment of 12-year-old son (Detroit, Michigan)
Custodial dad identified as CHARLES BOTHUELL IV. Back in July, we reported that the non-custodial mom had temporary placement and was trying to get permanent custody back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2961626/Father-stepmom-charged-case-Detroit-boy-basement.html
Father and stepmom charged with torture and abuse after they 'locked 12-year-old son in basement for 11 days' and claimed he was missing
Charlie Bothuell V, 12, 'vanished' from his dad's Detroit home in June 2014
Father and stepmom reported him missing and he was found by police in the basement of the building the couple was living in 11 days later
Prosecutors say that parents systematically physically abused the child
Police were told by the boy that stepmother Monique Dillard-Bothuell hid him in the basement with no food or water
The Bothuells have each been charged with torture and child abuse
This is the first time Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child
By Kelly Mclaughlin For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 08:45 EST, 20 February 2015 | Updated: 13:52 EST, 20 February 2015
Prosecutors have brought torture and child abuse charges against the father and stepmother of a 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found in his father's basement last year after an 11-day disappearance.
Charles Bothuell IV, 46, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell, 37, systematically physically abused the child, forced him to live in the basement and didn't allow him to socialize, Wayne County prosecutors said.
The boy, Charlie Bothuell V, was found by police in the basement of his family's condominium on June 25, 2014, - 11 days after he was reported missing by his father and stepmom.
Detroit police arrested the Bothuells this morning, the prosecutor's office said. They have each been charged with one count of torture, punishable by up to life in prison, and second-degree child abuse, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
Charlie Bothuell IV and Monique Dillard-Bothuell systematically physically abused the child, forced him to live in the basement and didn't allow him to socialize, Wayne County prosecutors said.
Bothuell, a nurse, had made tearful pleas on TV for his son's return and later said he was ‘shocked’ when the boy was found in the basement.
Charlie was deprived of food and forced to engage in an 'extreme and unreasonable exercise regime,' Prosecutors said in a statement.
He ‘has experienced physical abuse by his father... for the entire two years he has resided in Mr. Bothuell's residence,’ the Department of Human Services said in a court filing.
‘The abuse included being physically disciplined with a PVC pipe on his butt, feet, chest, head, thighs, sides and arms... He was often too sore to sit or walk.’
But Charlie told caseworkers that his stepmother ordered him to the basement on June 14, 2014 because she believed he had not completed one of his twice-a-day workouts.
His workout regime included 100 pushups, 200 situps, 100 jumping jacks, 25 arm curls with a 25-pound weight and thousands of revolutions on an elliptical machine.
Charlie said his stepmom, who has two other children, told him, ‘Shut up, stay quiet and don't say anything no matter what you hear!’
Charlie said Dillard-Bothuell told him at times, ‘I know where the sharp knives are... I can make you disappear.’
Charlie was discovered in the cramped basement behind a makeshift barrier of boxes. Confusingly, FBI agents previously searched the basement, even using specially trained cadaver dogs.
It then emerged there was an underground tunnel easily accessible from the basement, connecting the other condos in the block and leading outside the building.
The tunnel’s outside door is usually locked and only accessible to maintenance men, but crucially, it was left open during the time he was in the resident because residents were getting rid of a build-up of trash in a dumpster left outside.
That means Charlie could have left the property in the day, before returning at night, explaining why FBI agents could not find the boy.
Court documents apparently state that Charlie has claimed he even snuck upstairs for food when the house was empty.
The father and stepmother earlier denied any abuse took place.
The state Department of Human Services has said the father later acknowledged striking his son with a PVC pipe.
They added in a court filing last year that the boy told authorities he was forced to rise before dawn for his intense workouts.
'We are thankful that the victim was found alive,' prosecutor Kym Worthy said. 'This is the first time that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child. Based upon the allegations, if any case warrants child torture charges, this one certainly does.'
Dillard-Bothuell was charged with an unrelated probation violation shortly after Charlie was found because there was a gun in the home and she had a prior gun conviction in Wayne County, according to MLive.
Officials have temporarily stripped Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell of their parental rights and taken Charlie's two half-siblings from the couple's home. A final custody decision has not been made by the courts.
Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell are due in court on Friday afternoon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2961626/Father-stepmom-charged-case-Detroit-boy-basement.html
Father and stepmom charged with torture and abuse after they 'locked 12-year-old son in basement for 11 days' and claimed he was missing
Charlie Bothuell V, 12, 'vanished' from his dad's Detroit home in June 2014
Father and stepmom reported him missing and he was found by police in the basement of the building the couple was living in 11 days later
Prosecutors say that parents systematically physically abused the child
Police were told by the boy that stepmother Monique Dillard-Bothuell hid him in the basement with no food or water
The Bothuells have each been charged with torture and child abuse
This is the first time Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child
By Kelly Mclaughlin For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 08:45 EST, 20 February 2015 | Updated: 13:52 EST, 20 February 2015
Prosecutors have brought torture and child abuse charges against the father and stepmother of a 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found in his father's basement last year after an 11-day disappearance.
Charles Bothuell IV, 46, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell, 37, systematically physically abused the child, forced him to live in the basement and didn't allow him to socialize, Wayne County prosecutors said.
The boy, Charlie Bothuell V, was found by police in the basement of his family's condominium on June 25, 2014, - 11 days after he was reported missing by his father and stepmom.
Detroit police arrested the Bothuells this morning, the prosecutor's office said. They have each been charged with one count of torture, punishable by up to life in prison, and second-degree child abuse, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
Charlie Bothuell IV and Monique Dillard-Bothuell systematically physically abused the child, forced him to live in the basement and didn't allow him to socialize, Wayne County prosecutors said.
Bothuell, a nurse, had made tearful pleas on TV for his son's return and later said he was ‘shocked’ when the boy was found in the basement.
Charlie was deprived of food and forced to engage in an 'extreme and unreasonable exercise regime,' Prosecutors said in a statement.
He ‘has experienced physical abuse by his father... for the entire two years he has resided in Mr. Bothuell's residence,’ the Department of Human Services said in a court filing.
‘The abuse included being physically disciplined with a PVC pipe on his butt, feet, chest, head, thighs, sides and arms... He was often too sore to sit or walk.’
But Charlie told caseworkers that his stepmother ordered him to the basement on June 14, 2014 because she believed he had not completed one of his twice-a-day workouts.
His workout regime included 100 pushups, 200 situps, 100 jumping jacks, 25 arm curls with a 25-pound weight and thousands of revolutions on an elliptical machine.
Charlie said his stepmom, who has two other children, told him, ‘Shut up, stay quiet and don't say anything no matter what you hear!’
Charlie said Dillard-Bothuell told him at times, ‘I know where the sharp knives are... I can make you disappear.’
Charlie was discovered in the cramped basement behind a makeshift barrier of boxes. Confusingly, FBI agents previously searched the basement, even using specially trained cadaver dogs.
It then emerged there was an underground tunnel easily accessible from the basement, connecting the other condos in the block and leading outside the building.
The tunnel’s outside door is usually locked and only accessible to maintenance men, but crucially, it was left open during the time he was in the resident because residents were getting rid of a build-up of trash in a dumpster left outside.
That means Charlie could have left the property in the day, before returning at night, explaining why FBI agents could not find the boy.
Court documents apparently state that Charlie has claimed he even snuck upstairs for food when the house was empty.
The father and stepmother earlier denied any abuse took place.
The state Department of Human Services has said the father later acknowledged striking his son with a PVC pipe.
They added in a court filing last year that the boy told authorities he was forced to rise before dawn for his intense workouts.
'We are thankful that the victim was found alive,' prosecutor Kym Worthy said. 'This is the first time that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged torture for a living child. Based upon the allegations, if any case warrants child torture charges, this one certainly does.'
Dillard-Bothuell was charged with an unrelated probation violation shortly after Charlie was found because there was a gun in the home and she had a prior gun conviction in Wayne County, according to MLive.
Officials have temporarily stripped Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell of their parental rights and taken Charlie's two half-siblings from the couple's home. A final custody decision has not been made by the courts.
Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell are due in court on Friday afternoon.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Custodial dad, step plead guilty to 2nd-degree murder in stavation-torture death of 11-year-old son (Hernando, Mississippi)
The custodial dad is identified as JACK THOMAS RAINES.
According to our previous accounts, the protective mother and other family members were barred from seeing the child, who was "homeschooled." When the mother went to the police, they told her it was a "civil matter."
http://www.wapt.com/news/father-and-his-wife-plead-guilty-to-child-murder/30993988
Father and his wife plead guilty to child murder
Couple accused of killing the man's 11 year-old son
Published 5:23 PM CST Jan 29, 2015
HERNANDO, Miss. —A Horn Lake father and his wife plead guilty in the death of the man's 11-year-old son.
Jack Thomas Raines and Amanda Leigh Raines, who was the boy's stepmother, each pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder.
District Attorney John Champion said the case had been set to go to trial, but the couple decided to enter the guilty pleas in DeSoto County Circuit Court. He said a jury will decide the sentence. A date for sentencing has not been set.
The couple was charged in the death of Justin Tyler Raines, who authorities said weighed 56 pounds when he was found dead by police in the bathroom of the family's rental home on Feb. 6, 2014.
Both remain in the DeSoto County Jail.
According to our previous accounts, the protective mother and other family members were barred from seeing the child, who was "homeschooled." When the mother went to the police, they told her it was a "civil matter."
http://www.wapt.com/news/father-and-his-wife-plead-guilty-to-child-murder/30993988
Father and his wife plead guilty to child murder
Couple accused of killing the man's 11 year-old son
Published 5:23 PM CST Jan 29, 2015
HERNANDO, Miss. —A Horn Lake father and his wife plead guilty in the death of the man's 11-year-old son.
Jack Thomas Raines and Amanda Leigh Raines, who was the boy's stepmother, each pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder.
District Attorney John Champion said the case had been set to go to trial, but the couple decided to enter the guilty pleas in DeSoto County Circuit Court. He said a jury will decide the sentence. A date for sentencing has not been set.
The couple was charged in the death of Justin Tyler Raines, who authorities said weighed 56 pounds when he was found dead by police in the bathroom of the family's rental home on Feb. 6, 2014.
Both remain in the DeSoto County Jail.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Dad kept six children locked up in home for YEARS (Thokoza, South Africa)
UNNAMED DAD, and no mention of a mother in the home.
http://ewn.co.za/2015/01/29/Thokoza-father-arrested-for-abuse-held-kids-captive-at-home
Thokoza father arrested for abuse, holding kids captive
It’s understood the six children, aged between 2 and 21, were locked up for years.
Eyewitness News | about 15 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have arrested a man in Thokoza for allegedly abusing six children in his home.
The Daily Sun is reporting the children were locked up for years by the man, who is believed to be their father.
The paper says he kept the eldest child locked up in the house for over 21 years and often tied him up before leaving the building.
The children, aged between two and 21, apparently never went to school and one daughter, aged 15, says she was repeatedly raped.
But police could not confirm this.
Police spokesman Captain Mega Ndobe says that officers were called to the house to investigate claims of assault this week when they found the children.
Ndobe tells Eyewitness News that a 53-year-old man was arrested for assault and intent to cause grievous bodily harm and a case of abuse will be added.
He says the children were taken to hospital and are now being cared for at a place of safety.
http://ewn.co.za/2015/01/29/Thokoza-father-arrested-for-abuse-held-kids-captive-at-home
Thokoza father arrested for abuse, holding kids captive
It’s understood the six children, aged between 2 and 21, were locked up for years.
Eyewitness News | about 15 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have arrested a man in Thokoza for allegedly abusing six children in his home.
The Daily Sun is reporting the children were locked up for years by the man, who is believed to be their father.
The paper says he kept the eldest child locked up in the house for over 21 years and often tied him up before leaving the building.
The children, aged between two and 21, apparently never went to school and one daughter, aged 15, says she was repeatedly raped.
But police could not confirm this.
Police spokesman Captain Mega Ndobe says that officers were called to the house to investigate claims of assault this week when they found the children.
Ndobe tells Eyewitness News that a 53-year-old man was arrested for assault and intent to cause grievous bodily harm and a case of abuse will be added.
He says the children were taken to hospital and are now being cared for at a place of safety.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Dad buries 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl (Tripura, India)
Dad is identified as ABDUL HUSSEIN.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-buried-10-year-old-daughter-alive-4993935
Man 'buried 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl'
Jan 17, 2015 10:20
By Jessica Best
Abdul Hussein is accused of gagging and tying up his young daughter before burying her in the ground while his wife was out
A man has been arrested for trying to bury his 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl.
Police say the shocking incident in Tripura, India, saw Abdul Hussein dig a pit in his back garden while his wife was out, and then put his daughter in the hole with her hands roped together and her mouth taped up.
Her dad is then said to have filled up the pit to chest level, with pictures showing the young girl with her arms and head above the dirt floor.
When Abdul's wife returned home he put a bamboo basket over their daughter's head, with the intention of burying her completely later on, NDTV reports.
But his wife began to question where the little girl was, and she was soon discovered by neighbours.
They are said to have beaten up the dad before calling police.
Abdul was then arrested, and now faces a charge of attempted murder.
The case comes four months after a seven-year-old girl clawed her way to safety after allegedly being strangled and buried alive in the Uttar Pradesh region of India.
The youngster was found by shocked villagers after they heard her cries for help.
The little girl, named Tanu, told police her aunt and uncle had taken her from her mother's house days earlier and buried her in the field.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-buried-10-year-old-daughter-alive-4993935
Man 'buried 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl'
Jan 17, 2015 10:20
By Jessica Best
Abdul Hussein is accused of gagging and tying up his young daughter before burying her in the ground while his wife was out
A man has been arrested for trying to bury his 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl.
Police say the shocking incident in Tripura, India, saw Abdul Hussein dig a pit in his back garden while his wife was out, and then put his daughter in the hole with her hands roped together and her mouth taped up.
Her dad is then said to have filled up the pit to chest level, with pictures showing the young girl with her arms and head above the dirt floor.
When Abdul's wife returned home he put a bamboo basket over their daughter's head, with the intention of burying her completely later on, NDTV reports.
But his wife began to question where the little girl was, and she was soon discovered by neighbours.
They are said to have beaten up the dad before calling police.
Abdul was then arrested, and now faces a charge of attempted murder.
The case comes four months after a seven-year-old girl clawed her way to safety after allegedly being strangled and buried alive in the Uttar Pradesh region of India.
The youngster was found by shocked villagers after they heard her cries for help.
The little girl, named Tanu, told police her aunt and uncle had taken her from her mother's house days earlier and buried her in the field.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Custodial dad, step still being investigated for beating 15-year-old son, shackling him to bed for five months; what happened to this boy's mother? (Pooler, Georgia)
Though the reporter goes into a long treatise on "intergenerational cycles of abuse" blah blah, some very basic questions are not answered, much less asked: How did this abusive father get custody? Who gave it to him and why? And what happened to the mother of this boy?
The custodial dad is identified as DANIEL KENDZIERSKI.
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/27917308/investigation-continues-after-parents-arrested-for-reportedly-shackling-teen-to-bed
Investigation continues after parents arrested for reportedly shackling teen to bed
Posted: Jan 22, 2015 4:35 PM EST Updated: Jan 22, 2015 6:00 PM EST
By Conny Cooper
POOLER, GA (WTOC) - Police are continuing to investigate after a Pooler teen reported he was beaten and kept shackled to his bed. His father and stepmother have both been charged with child abuse.
Police said Christine and Daniel Kendzierski kept the 15-year-old shackled to a metal bed for five months. According to the police report, the boy's 12-year-old brother was forced to act as his jailer, unlocking his shackles so he could go to the bathroom and to school, then locking him back up again.
Forensics officers and detectives were out at the house on Thursday, searching the home and taking photos and bringing out bags of evidence.
When asked whether more charges would be coming for the parents, Lt. Karen Zantow said, “Not today. Maybe later, I do not know, but not today.”
All six children who lived in the home are now in the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services. “We're just continuing with the investigation. Trying to generate and see if there is a case here to continue on with so we can help protect kids," Zantow said.
This went on for five months, according to a police report. Police said Daniel Kenzierski gave his son what he called, quote, “iron chair beatings”, and that the shackles were punishment.
The boy told a classmate, and the classmate told his father. One week ago the father told police.
“The kid said he called DFCS before and they did nothing,” Nicholas Hargroves said.
According to a police report, Christine and Daniel Kenzierski didn't realize the punishment was abuse, with Christine saying she was only doing what had been done to her as a child.
"Most of us did not have to endure that kind of punishment as a child, but I guess if you did, that's in the back of your mind,” said Psychologist Dr. Susan Lamb. “This is what normal parents do."
Lamb shuddered when she read the report.
“It is a tough one,” she said.
But she said intergenerational cycles of abuse are far too common.
“People are doing what was done to them,” said Lamb. “It's what's there inside them, and it takes a lot of effort to break the patterns.”
Both parents are now free on bond. A date has not been set for their plea hearing.
Daniel Kenzierski faces an additional charge of false imprisonment, and more charges could be coming.
The custodial dad is identified as DANIEL KENDZIERSKI.
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/27917308/investigation-continues-after-parents-arrested-for-reportedly-shackling-teen-to-bed
Investigation continues after parents arrested for reportedly shackling teen to bed
Posted: Jan 22, 2015 4:35 PM EST Updated: Jan 22, 2015 6:00 PM EST
By Conny Cooper
POOLER, GA (WTOC) - Police are continuing to investigate after a Pooler teen reported he was beaten and kept shackled to his bed. His father and stepmother have both been charged with child abuse.
Police said Christine and Daniel Kendzierski kept the 15-year-old shackled to a metal bed for five months. According to the police report, the boy's 12-year-old brother was forced to act as his jailer, unlocking his shackles so he could go to the bathroom and to school, then locking him back up again.
Forensics officers and detectives were out at the house on Thursday, searching the home and taking photos and bringing out bags of evidence.
When asked whether more charges would be coming for the parents, Lt. Karen Zantow said, “Not today. Maybe later, I do not know, but not today.”
All six children who lived in the home are now in the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services. “We're just continuing with the investigation. Trying to generate and see if there is a case here to continue on with so we can help protect kids," Zantow said.
This went on for five months, according to a police report. Police said Daniel Kenzierski gave his son what he called, quote, “iron chair beatings”, and that the shackles were punishment.
The boy told a classmate, and the classmate told his father. One week ago the father told police.
“The kid said he called DFCS before and they did nothing,” Nicholas Hargroves said.
According to a police report, Christine and Daniel Kenzierski didn't realize the punishment was abuse, with Christine saying she was only doing what had been done to her as a child.
"Most of us did not have to endure that kind of punishment as a child, but I guess if you did, that's in the back of your mind,” said Psychologist Dr. Susan Lamb. “This is what normal parents do."
Lamb shuddered when she read the report.
“It is a tough one,” she said.
But she said intergenerational cycles of abuse are far too common.
“People are doing what was done to them,” said Lamb. “It's what's there inside them, and it takes a lot of effort to break the patterns.”
Both parents are now free on bond. A date has not been set for their plea hearing.
Daniel Kenzierski faces an additional charge of false imprisonment, and more charges could be coming.
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