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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 06:31 PM Nov 2012

Police: Father arrested after one child found in dog cage, another naked outside [View all]



A Tulsa, Okla., man was arrested after his 16-month-old daughter was found locked in a metal dog cage and covered with feces and his naked 3-year old son was found crying outside on a cold afternoon, police said.

William Todd Lewallen, 47, was arrested for felony child abuse or neglect. He was found in a stupor in bed with a third child, a 3-year-old boy who was also naked, Tulsa police said.

The three children were turned over to the custody of the state Department of Human Services.

Police made the disturbing find on Sunday afternoon when they responded to a neighbor’s call about a child crying outside, with the temperature in the low 40s.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/13/15139734-police-father-arrested-after-one-child-found-in-dog-cage-another-naked-outside?lite

Photo kinda says it all...
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The photo probably doesn't say it all. Wait Wut Nov 2012 #1
My thoughts were in the same vein as yours. LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #8
It has to start early. Wait Wut Nov 2012 #18
agreed. One thing about the show "criminal minds", it refers to the childhood of the Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #32
My point being...meth...nt joeybee12 Nov 2012 #10
Oh...I guess it could be. Wait Wut Nov 2012 #19
I agree, it may not be drugs.. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #22
I'm so sorry. Wait Wut Nov 2012 #26
We've tried many times txdemsftw Nov 2012 #31
Do you believe that every abusive parent abuses drugs? LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #21
Let me guess Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #2
My heart breaks for those kids... txdemsftw Nov 2012 #3
Not to stereotype but I'm going to hazard a guess: 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #4
I'm gonna just guess it's Meth... txdemsftw Nov 2012 #6
Well "lot's" doesn't necessarily mean a wide variety 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #7
I wasn't disagreeing with you.. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #9
Heh, yeah probably 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #13
Yes, it's sad. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #16
What the h*ll is wrong with these people..... a kennedy Nov 2012 #5
Drug addition, mental illness and the lack of care for these people. madinmaryland Nov 2012 #11
Yep, it's not hard to find reasons. Brickbat Nov 2012 #20
Looks like Meth Aerows Nov 2012 #12
Horrid. mzmolly Nov 2012 #14
Which begs the question. Where is the mom? n/t Cleita Nov 2012 #23
The article said she was at work mzmolly Nov 2012 #25
This gets even sadder. n/t Cleita Nov 2012 #27
That pic screams meth tweeker. hifiguy Nov 2012 #15
Thank God the kids were unharmed...physically at least. nt Barack_America Nov 2012 #17
He does not look stable Marrah_G Nov 2012 #24
My first reaction... fairfaxvadem Nov 2012 #28
They were just rehearsing for National Lampoon's Romney Vacation Earth_First Nov 2012 #29
Fucking tweakers. nt Codeine Nov 2012 #30
"Other neighbors took the boy in and warmed him up." Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #33
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