TN - Brandon Gray, 14, starved to death; girl, 12, alive - 7 relatives charged, Bartlett, Jan 2020

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Family of 8 indicted in starvation death of 14-year-old boy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Several family members of a 14-year-old boy who died last year are facing indictments on first-degree felony murder charges.

According to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, a mother, her son and her six daughters are charged with murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and neglect of 14-year-old Brandon Gray.

Investigators say the boy was found unresponsive on the living room floor by Bartlett police and pronounced dead Jan. 7, 2020. The autopsy showed Gray only weighed 60 pounds and died of starvation.

The police also found a 12-year-old girl who was malnourished and covered in bruises. She was taken to the hospital and treated for moderate malnutrition and bruises and scars on her body, according to the DA’s office.
 
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The family members indicted include the victims’ mother, 36-year-old Terra Wells and their aunts, 30-year-old Tessa Dishmon, 35-year-old, Tamera Dishmon, 30-year-old Amanda Dishmon, 26-year-old Tabitha Sharp and 22-year-old Breanna Wells. The victims’ uncle, 32-year-old Melvin Wells, was also indicted.

The victims’ 60-year-old grandmother, Yvette Charleston, died May 13, prompting the dismissal of her charges.

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BARTLETT, Tenn. — Seven adults living in a home in Bartlett with 10 children were indicted on first-degree murder charges after one child starved to death last year.

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In all, there were 10 children inside the home at the time. Officials did not say where those children are now.

Seven adults in Bartlett indicted after 60-pound teen dies of starvation

The case is being handled by Chief Prosecutor Eric Christensen and Asst. Dist. Atty. Alyssa Hennig of the District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit which prosecutes cases of rape, aggravated rape, child sexual abuse, severe physical abuse of child victims, elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults.

The SVU was created as an expansion of the multi-agency Child Protection Investigative Team or CPIT.
Bartlett Family Indicted in Boy’s Death — Shelby County District Attorney
 
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How horrific.
Surprisingly someone in that house did call for help rather than trying to hide it all, though.
These cases are so very difficult to understand.
May the rest of the children be surrounded by love and support.
 
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Why? Ten children. Seven adults. Why this boy?

Remind me we are in the United States Of America.

Grandmom is lucky she passed or else she may have in court.
 
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Why? Ten children. Seven adults. Why this boy?

Remind me we are in the United States Of America.

Grandmom is lucky she passed or else she may have in court.

They had charges against grannie, dismissed because she died. Guess she didn't starve to death .. not a victim.

What a horrible family. How long does it take a starve ad child to death? And they just watched it happening?

HTH did these people think this would end up, for the kids and for themselves. Did they think there would be no consequences for them, the adults? Lord help us.
 

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