オクラホマ州の母親とその交際相手が、母親の9歳の息子が死亡した事件で、第2級殺人および児童虐待の罪で起訴された。当局によると、少年は脳損傷や臓器に刺さったBB弾を含む深刻な虐待を受けていたという。
裁判記録によると、アリシア・R・ビューシー（38）とスティーブン・デューティ（43）は先週逮捕され、それぞれ500万ドルの保釈金でクリーブランド郡拘置所に勾留されている。両名はルガー・ボウデ君の死亡に関し、第2級殺人罪1件と重罪児童虐待罪3件に問われている。
An Iowa couple faces multiple charges after authorities say they confined their 10-year-old son in a dark bedroom without food, water or medical care. The boy was later hospitalized for malnutrition and head injuries.
AIによるレポート
Michael Kendrick and Ashley Johnson, charged in connection with the death of Johnson's disabled son, now face additional indictments including murder and abuse of a corpse. The pair was arrested last July after the boy's remains were found shortly after Kendrick reported him missing. Police say the 7-year-old had been dead for weeks.
Angel Lovely and Nicholas Bergdoll face felony neglect charges after Lovely's 4-year-old son, Malichi, was found dead in a cluttered basement closet in Indianapolis. The boy, who had cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus and could not walk, talk or feed himself, was discovered unresponsive on March 23. Court records detail siblings' accounts of him being routinely kept there.
AIによるレポート
A Milwaukee couple has been charged with chronic neglect of a child following the death of their one-year-old baby in February. Authorities allege the parents left the infant and a six-year-old sibling unsupervised multiple times and that the mother may have given the baby alcohol.