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A 41-page criminal complaint said first responders arrived, claiming the teen "looked to be the size of a 6-8-year-old."
"She was very, very close to death. Again, 35 pounds at 14 years old," Duquaine said.
A helicopter brought the teen to Children's Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. Doctors concerned with organ failure diagnosed her with severe malnourishment.
From the article: Melissa Goodman and Lefever "were extremely obese to the point of being nearly bed-bound, and rarely left the residence." While the 14 year old nearly starved.
If I was a judge, I'd make sure in jail, they'd all get a similar diet as the one they gave that child.
Until they were almost as small.
And this is why you'd never be a judge. You described a punishment that is inherently unconstitutional.
I get it we want to make monsters like this suffer, but that's not basis for a legal system
Such a waste of good whale oil. Melt em down to help fund her treatments.
Pretty sure that would be considered a cruel punishment
They're going to have a bad time in jail. Everyone gets the same portion size which to them will be like being starved because it looks like they used to about 17 meals a day. Plus snacks
They'll be wondering what happened to second breakfast.
Make sure they are sitting on death row when they do. Fucking monsters.
…..and each one of the charged is a minimum 300lbs
Bet they never have to "lay nice and quiet to get what they want" such as basic needs like food.
Just lost 40 ish pounds myself so from 300 to 260, but I'm also tall AF. And even in my darkest depression bed ridden days, I could still get out and buy my cats food! This kinda shit really makes me wonder about our future as a species.
Ah so that's where all her food went
Those are some bits of makeup away from looking like pizza the hut
The difference is Pizza the Hut actually tasted great.
The father looks like a serial killer. So does the mother, but she's less successful as getting away from her would be much easier, you just have to go down a narrow street.
I swear I saw this guy on EWU
Im disappointed that the article didnt explain how this went in for so long. She didn't go to school should be red flag here.
There's a case going on now in my home state, a boy fell off the radar (homeschooled) since 11 years old I believe. In his 30s now, he set his house on fire to escape, he weighed something like 65 pounds I think it said
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5327122/connecticut-captive-stepmom-house-fire
DCF (CPS) was called when he was a child multiple times, but once they moved him to "homeschooling" he became trapped. Utterly horrible.
It's the same questions comming from our community, how could this happen?
“Home schooling” would be my guess. That’s how most of these cases go.
There's a reason that denying children a decent public education used to be a crime, and a big part of the reason was shit just like this.
And now they're actively gutting public education. ..
Bruh seriously! Like I skipped school one time and got caught by ~~truincy~~truancy cops. And I would've gotten away with it if I wasn't wearing tight fitting jeans with my big butt what showed my wallet's outline. How do these fuckers get away with not getting their kids to school for months‽
Truancy*
It might been the right thing for them to do, lol
Thanks for the correction! Only ever heard the word and never read it.
I do that all the time, lol
You say that as if there’s a good explanation. People slip through smaller cracks then that all the time
Absolutely terrible reality.
For context, that is the average weight of a fucking 4 year old. These gravy boat scooty-puff motherfuckers should be filed away somewhere where they never see another human being for the rest of their cousin-fucking lives.
JFC! Why does it seem it's always obese people doing this‽ Like I'm not spring chicken myself, but I can't imagine starving your own kid! My life was slightly better before watching that report and reading the transcripts.
16 kg
That website is arse
Not as arse as those people. Man, fuck those people. Monsters.
I can't even access it
Not available in my region ...
Dot know can't access it.
Is this story available from a news website that anybody is actually heard of you could do with some verifying.