...then one day, he jumped out declared "I am , hear me roar!"
...meh....
Boy says he was kept in closet for years
By Sean Murphy
OKLAHOMA CITY A woman was arrested after her 14-year-old son told authorities he escaped from a home where he'd been kept for 41/2 years, spending most of his time locked in a bedroom closet, police said Monday.
A security guard at a National Guard facility in Oklahoma City called police Friday after the teen showed up malnourished and with numerous scars and other signs of abuse, police Sgt. Gary Knight said.
The boy was taken to a hospital to be examined and then turned over to the custody of the Department of Human Services, Knight said.
After police interviews, officers on Saturday arrested the boy's mother, 37-year-old La-Rhonda Marie McCall, and a friend, 38-year-old Steve Vern Hamilton, on 20 complaints each of child abuse and child neglect.
Formal charges have not been filed, and both were held on $400,000 bond, according to jail records.
The teen walked up to a security guard at the Guard facility around 5 p.m. Friday and asked where a police station was so he could report being abused, according to a police report. He told police that scars on his stomach and torso were from where alcohol had been poured on him and set on fire; other scars were from being tied up, hit with an extension cord and choked.
He told police the closet door was mostly blocked with a stepladder or a bed and that he managed to push the door open enough to escape and leave the house.
Knight said six other children living in the home were taken into DHS custody, but none showed signs of abuse.
...then one day, he jumped out declared "I am , hear me roar!"
...meh....
On a serious note, it seems its common for abusive parents to single out one child for their abuse.
I find that odd.
Tom Cruise sends his sympathies.
Sometimes it has to do with age differences. Sometimes with gender. Others, I guess it's just a matter of when they parents happen to get triggered.
Well, all that abuse is a lot of work, and they've got 6 other kids living there - imagine if they were to abuse all of their kids, they'd have no time leftover to check their Myspace pages and have unprotected sex!
This world makes me sad sometimes - while it was a good experience, there are days when I am so thankful to not be working in crisis management anymore.
Lots of mothers play favorites with children based on who the father is.
no doubt it sucks, but the girl getting kidnapped and held captive in the backyard for 18 years still wins my vote for the omgwtf-poor kid award.
R. Kelly is going to work with this kid on a 6 hour hip hopera drama to be featured on VH-1
You can't just pass out the 'omgwtf-poor kid award' like it's nothing. I gotta do some research first
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