The parents of a 12-year-old
Detroit boy reported missing for 11 days before he was found alive and hungry
at the basement of their house by a Michigan State Police sergeant and a FBI agent
have been charged with torture and child abuse, prosecutors said on Friday.
Charles Bothuell IV, 46, and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell,
37, could face up to life in prison if convicted of torture and four years in
prison if convicted of second-degree child abuse.
Prosecutors said the child's parents physically abused him,
depriving him of food, banishing him to the basement and forcing extreme
exercise.
The child was very thin and had marks on his upper body when he
was found, prosecutors said.
Detroit police arrested Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell on Friday
morning, prosecutors said. The two are expected to appear in court later on Friday.
Photo credit: AP Photo/Michigan State Police
No comments:
Post a Comment