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Couple Accused Of Torturing Children

When I read this, it brought tears of a lot of anger towards these people and tears of sadness for the suffering of these children...where the heck was Social Services?????...

From CNN.com:

(CNN) -- A manhunt has been launched in Florida for a couple accused of torturing five of seven children in their home, including pulling out their toenails with pliers and keeping them so malnourished that they "looked like pictures from Auschwitz," authorities said Thursday.

Citrus County Sheriff's spokeswoman Gail Tierney said an arrest warrant was issued for John Dollar, 58, and his wife, Linda, 51 -- each of whom face one count of "aggravated child abuse/torture" for all five children.

The Dollars were the legal guardians of all seven children, although they were not their biological parents, Tierney said. She said the other two children were said to be "favorites" of the Dollars, and were spared their alleged abuse.

The case came to authorities' attention two weeks ago, when a 16-year-old was transported from the family home in Beverly Hills, Florida, to a local hospital. The boy was bleeding from a laceration on his head and there were red marks on his neck. He weighed just 59 pounds, Tierney said....

https://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/family.torture/index.html

Update: The couple was caught in Utah. According to Florida law, aggravated child abuse is a first-degree felony punishable upon conviction by a term of 30 years to life in prison.

https://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/04/family.torture/index.html

Edited: LDS_forever on 5th Feb, 2005 - 4:01pm

Children Torturing Accused Couple

Is it possible that these two were mental? Maybe drug users? How about simply possessed by the devil. Sad to say, although not as extreme there are many cases of abuse behind doors, but what I often wonder is this... didn't anyone notice? The actual update to this news report is that the couple were caught - in all places - Utah.

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I think they are just plain EVIL people, to think they are mental will mean that they may get away with it and I'm really so upset about this case that I hope Florida's law give them the strongest jail term possible for this kind of abuse: life in prison.

Edited: LDS_forever on 6th Feb, 2005 - 12:16pm