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Melon

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4. This is absolutely child abuse and as we see terminal
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:43 PM
9 hrs ago

Why would that not carry a serious charge?7 years old a 250 pounds. The child should have been taken away long before this if someone would have reported them.

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murder? rampartd 9 hrs ago #1
The parents are accused of not taking the kid to a doctor for his health issues. WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #2
kids die of measles every day rampartd 9 hrs ago #3
If a child was dying from measles and parents LisaL 4 hrs ago #14
No doctor visits, no school either BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #7
This is absolutely child abuse and as we see terminal Melon 9 hrs ago #4
proceded in death by younger brother... Jean-Luc 9 hrs ago #5
where did you read that? hookaleft 8 hrs ago #8
Obituary. Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #11
The surviving sister LisaL 4 hrs ago #13
That is horrifying. yardwork 3 hrs ago #17
It's Pretty Bad When Parents Let a Child Weigh Almost As Much As Trump n/t lavoosh99 9 hrs ago #6
No words malaise 8 hrs ago #9
I know mug shots are usually pretty awful GenThePerservering 7 hrs ago #10
The mechanism of death Boo1 4 hrs ago #12
they look like I expected they would Celerity 4 hrs ago #15
OMG! Grim Chieftain 3 hrs ago #16
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