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Man Arrested Abusing Autistic Stepson - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 21st Aug, 2009 - 4:35pm
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Man Arrested For Abusing Autistic Stepson
I am well familiar with the challenges of raising an autistic child but how in the world would someone hurt a wheel bound kid is beyond me! The police suspects the child's mother was also involved.
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| RIVERTON -- A Utah man is accused of abusing his autistic stepson. The 12-year-old boy is confined to a wheelchair and also suffers from muscular dystrophy. According to jail documents, 42-year-old Steven Kimball admitted to putting duct tape over his stepson's mouth because he wouldn't stop chattering during his stay at his biological mother and stepfather's house in Riverton. When Kimball pulled the duct tape off, skin from the boy's face and neck came with it. "He had some obvious wounds on his face which appeared to be some sort of pulling off of the skin, and some wounds to the back of his neck," said Salt Lake County sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson. The boy's biological father noticed the injuries when he picked him up. He alerted authorities, who arrested Kimball. According to the probable cause statement, Kimball admitted "he wanted it to hurt" when he pulled the duct tape off. When he noticed tape residue on the boy's face he "used a rag to briskly rub at the residue to remove it," stating "he wanted the rub to be uncomfortable... |
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Stepson Autistic Abusing Arrested Man
That's really brutal to do to your own stepson. Maybe he just lost it but should of asked for help if he couldn't deal with it.
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