Woman and her boyfriend are charged with abuse of teenage son.

Ugh.

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LaRhonda McCall and Steve Hamilton face a combined 53 charges after
police said they locked McCall's teenage son in a closet and tortured
him.

It said the 15-year-old victim was held in a closet and allegedly forced to relieve himself on the floor where he slept.

Also
in the document, police said Hamilton told detectives that he saw
"LaRhonda purposely pour rubbing alcohol all over (her son's) body." He
said she lit the boy on fire when he moved.

According to the
report, Hamilton also told detectives that one time, "LaRhonda poured
sugar water on (her son) and mosquitoes bit him."The report said
he also told detectives that "LaRhonda tied a rope around (her son's)
ankle and then around his neck. If he put his foot down, it would choke
him."

Hamilton also said that the 15-year-old was forced to stand outside naked in the snow for 45 minutes once as punishment.

What. The. Fuck.

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Hamilton also said that the 15-year-old was forced to stand outside naked in the snow for 45 minutes once as punishment.

1.) Everyone knows someone who did something like that on a bet once.
2.) Nobody saw him and wondered "Gee, why is he standing outside naked in 20 degree weather?"

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According to the report, Hamilton also told detectives that one time, "LaRhonda poured sugar water on (her son) and mosquitoes bit him."

I can see doing that to get ants to bite him, but mosquitoes aren't attracted to sugar. They're attracted to carbon dioxide, which all animals (including humans) produce when they breathe.

I bet this mother didn't know that, though.

W... Why? O_o

Hang on, he didn't go to school and no one at the school thought to report this at all?

Scary

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

2.) Nobody saw him and wondered "Gee, why is he standing outside naked in 20 degree weather?"

Well at least in Finland nobody would bother. We do that sort of stuff voluntarily.

This is horrendous. I feel ill.

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By the sadness or the power
Of the world,
But only by the oneness
Of the world – hearts

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2.) Nobody saw him and wondered "Gee, why is he standing outside naked in 20 degree weather?"

It's called a backyard.