Gloomy Bear
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Springfield couple faces several charges of child abuse and neglect; accused of locking son in dog cage
Joseph and Peggy Flores face child abuse & neglect charges. Their teenage son is not named. "...medical examiners described the level of abuse as nearly “child torture.”"
"Documents say the child told the forensic interviewer his parents would lock him in a room with the window nailed shut and put him in a kennel, naked, along with two dogs.
According to investigators, the teenager said his parents would pour urine on him as punishment. He also described Joseph and Peggy Flores whipping his body with an extension cord and yelling profanity, including racial slurs.
”Over 90% of the time, allegations of abuse are being done by someone that is in the family, or someone known well to the family,” Lane said."
The child told forensic interviewers the abuse started when Springfield Public Schools shut down, and parents had to home school children due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
[Emphasis mine]
Joseph and Peggy Flores face child abuse & neglect charges. Their teenage son is not named. "...medical examiners described the level of abuse as nearly “child torture.”"
"Documents say the child told the forensic interviewer his parents would lock him in a room with the window nailed shut and put him in a kennel, naked, along with two dogs.
According to investigators, the teenager said his parents would pour urine on him as punishment. He also described Joseph and Peggy Flores whipping his body with an extension cord and yelling profanity, including racial slurs.
”Over 90% of the time, allegations of abuse are being done by someone that is in the family, or someone known well to the family,” Lane said."
The child told forensic interviewers the abuse started when Springfield Public Schools shut down, and parents had to home school children due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
[Emphasis mine]
