The child was found by his neighbors who immediately contacted the emergency services and the police. The little boy was taken to hospital while the parents were arrested for attempted murder and child abuse.
The residents of the neighborhood are in shock. This Friday, May 12, 2023, a ten-year-old boy was found emaciated wandering the street by his neighbors. Very thin, the child showed significant signs of malnutrition according to witnesses who immediately contacted the emergency services and the police. He was taken to hospital where he was treated for malnutrition and heart failure. Her parents, Tyler and Krista Schindley, were arrested for attempted murder and child abuse.
According to the elements of the investigation, thehe abused 10-year-old boy weighed 16 kilograms, about the average weight of a 4-year-old. A frightening scenario which did not fail to upset the inhabitants of this wealthy district of the suburbs of Griffin, a city located in the south-east of the United States. The facts are a reminder of the seriousness of the problem of child abuse in the country, where cases of abused children are unfortunately all too frequent.
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The neighborhood in shock
According to Centers for Disease Control and Preventionone in seven children has been the victim of neglect or abuse in the past year. A statistic that does not reflect the extent of the problem according to the authorities, given the many cases that are not reported. The little boy was found barefoot, starving and disoriented on the streets of this town in the state of Georgia.
As reported by our colleagues from DailyMail, he reportedly begged police officers not to take him home the moment they discovered him. At the home of the couple arrested by the police also live four other children. Although they appeared to be doing well, they were placed with social services while the investigation was ongoing. In addition to malnutrition, the boy would also suffer from dental damage and mutilation that his parents did not treat, according to the DailyMail. Investigative evidence revealed that the 10-year-old boy was deprived of hot water and toilet paper by his parents who locked him for long periods in his bedroom.
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An unimaginable scenario that places the inhabitants of the neighborhood in total incomprehension. Several neighbors also said they had a sense of guilt that they hadn’t noticed anything earlier. The worst will have been avoided in this country where 1750 children died as a result of abuse in 2020.