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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Starved Wis. girl's Statements Detail Her Life

When the malnourished 15-year-old awoke each morning, she could hear her family eating and getting ready for the day. If she felt especially brave or desperate she would call to her stepmother and beg for food, but usually she just went back to bed and hoped her hunger pangs went away.

The girl was 70 pounds when she was rescued. She told investigators during lengthy interviews at the hospital that most of the food she ate was scraps she found on the floor or in the garbage. She had spent most of five years in the basement of her family's Madison home, where she was beaten and sexually assaulted.

The girl's statements, contained in court documents, paint a troubling picture of physical, mental and sexual abuse. The girl describes running away, only to be found, brought home and threatened. Confined to the basement, she had no one to ask for help. She wasn't allowed to go to school or church, have visitors or talk on the phone.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Horrific. Thank God for the motorist who stopped for this child and got her to safety. Public stoning to death for those three is what they really deserve.

Anonymous said...

When we first saw this story my husband said. "I bet the mother and father are pigs" He was right. The father is 240lbs and the mother is 370lbs? I hope they lock this family away. At first I felt sorry for the other son thinking maybe he was afraid to say something about this. After reading this I hope he is locked up with Bubba and treated just like this girl was treated.