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Police are asking for the publics help tracking down a Washington state couple after authorities found a 16-year-old weighing just 54 pounds last year. Both Anthony Foxworth, 45, and Mary Foxworth, 42, are on the run after pleading guilty to a criminal mistreatment charge in Lewis County Superior Court in October. On Wednesday, they failed to show for their sentencing hearing and a no-bail bench warrant was issued for their arrests. Anthony and Mary Foxworth were last seen in Grand Mound, Washington at a gas station with their green and silver 1998 Chevrolet Suburban (WA license DP25339). They are also associated to a black 1999 Toyota 4Runner (WA license ASK0996).
When authorities found the child, he didn't know how to read or write and hadn't been attending school. The 16-year-old had also never been taught to use a toilet.
Law enforcement first learned of the child's condition when the Foxworths sought medical help in January 2016, telling doctors the boy hadn't eaten in three weeks.. He was eventually taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital for treatment. Doctors found that the boy was unable to talk and couldn't open his mouth far enough for a throat examination. He had multiple bald spots, was unable to stand on his own, had 24 teeth needing dental work and the skeletal age of a 13-year-old, among multiple other medical issues. Doctors initially thought he was between 8 and 10 years old.
A year later, the boy has reportedly put on 93 pounds and grown 3.5 inches while in the care of a foster family.
http://q13fox.com/2017/11/02/parent...-old-found-weighing-54-pounds-unable-to-talk/
When authorities found the child, he didn't know how to read or write and hadn't been attending school. The 16-year-old had also never been taught to use a toilet.
Law enforcement first learned of the child's condition when the Foxworths sought medical help in January 2016, telling doctors the boy hadn't eaten in three weeks.. He was eventually taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital for treatment. Doctors found that the boy was unable to talk and couldn't open his mouth far enough for a throat examination. He had multiple bald spots, was unable to stand on his own, had 24 teeth needing dental work and the skeletal age of a 13-year-old, among multiple other medical issues. Doctors initially thought he was between 8 and 10 years old.
A year later, the boy has reportedly put on 93 pounds and grown 3.5 inches while in the care of a foster family.
http://q13fox.com/2017/11/02/parent...-old-found-weighing-54-pounds-unable-to-talk/
