6-year-old boy found in shed with hands tied says he's slept there since he's been out of school

[left-of-center2012]

A woman and her boyfriend in Texas are facing charges after police found her 6-year-old grandson tied up in a shed, according to reports. Dallas Police officers were called to 53-year-old Esmeralda Lira's home Sunday night — after a caller told them a child was being kept inside a shed in their backyard.

Lira told the police that her grandson was with his mother, but a man pointed authorities to the shed.

The boy was found inside with his hands tied behind his back. He told authorities that he has been forced to sleep inside the shed since school has been out, according to reports.

Her boyfriend told police that he was being kept in the shed as punishment repeatedly for the past two weeks for attempting to steal food to eat.

Lira and her boyfriend, Jose Balderas, both face felony charges of child endangerment.

https://www.koat.com/article/6-year-old-boy-found-in-shed-with-hands-tied-says-hes-slept-there-since-hes-been-out-of-school/32444664

[Jamastiene]

1. Cruel fuckers.

Put them in jail and leave them there.

Poor kid.

[lpbk2713]

2. Steal food?

How bad does it have to be for a kid to steal food?
I'd bet the adults had all they wanted to eat.

[malaise]

13. Who would deprive a six year old of food and throw him in a barn?

Bangs head

[Totally Tunsie]

18. ...or a cage?

Hmmmmm - I wonder who.

[malaise]

21. We know

[magicarpet]

3. Dickensonian guardianship,... keeping children skinny so adults can eat more.

WTF,.. I mean,... WTF.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. People on DU predicted that something like this would happen.

[eggplant]

8. This sort of shit happens regardless of whether there is a pandemic or not.

Monsters are monsters.

[Mariana]

12. Child abuse isn't some new thing that never happened before.

There was no need to "predict" it would happen.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. The coronavirus social distancing rules and job upheaval created a chaotic

situation for everyone. Some DUers predicted that this would heighten tensions at home and that child abuse and domestic violence would rise.

I'm going to agree with them. Child abuse has always been a problem, but now it will get worse. That's the prediction.

[a la izquierda]

17. I'm studying this right now

as part of a new research project. I’m not looking at abuse of children, but spousal or intimate partner violence.
The increases in rates worldwide are horrifying. And it was probably me (among others) who predicted this at the beginning of the lockdown.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. You're a DUer whose opinion you can bank on.

[a la izquierda]

22. Aww thanks.

I’ve mostly been looking at Latin America- Mexico’s domestic violence rates are dreadful, but I’m expanding my research to Europe and the US. My newest project will be to look at what kinds of human rights legislation comes out of this pandemic.

[gratuitous]

5. Somewhere Stephen Miller's ears prick up

Fresh recruits!

[phylny]

6. Thank goodness that man reported it and kept on it.

Monsters.

[Ligyron]

7. Yeah, where is the mother anyway?

[cayugafalls]

9. Like he thought the excuse was what? A Reason? Dumb Sick Criminal.

Wish the charge could be more harsh...

Sick people in this world.

[PatrickforO]

10. Punishing her grandson for 'stealing' food????

This boyfriend needs to go to grey-bar city for many years to come. What a slime.

[wryter2000]

16. She should have fed the child

Instead of the boyfriend.

[demtenjeep]

11. I worry so much about my students

Especially 2 that I had to make reports on before the world died.





We are to contact our IEP children, I have 9. One of them the mother said I need to stop talking to him because he talks to the teachers and DCF shows up.

[Ilsa]

20. I feel so bad for your kids. Not only are

they missing the enrichment from a classroom, but so many live with difficult situations, abuse, food insecurity, and loneliness at home under restrictions.

I wish we could help, other than maintaining our social distancing. I'm giving more to our food pantry. Just do your best.

[rickyhall]

14. Throw them in solitary with their hands cuffed behind the backs.

[Faux pas]

23. Kickin' with disgust!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. Good neighbor -- kid rescued before they could starve him to death.