Family Members Charged in Severe Abuse of 70-Pound Teen
TL;DR
Four family members from Iowa are charged with first-degree kidnapping and willful injury after an 18-year-old relative was found severely malnourished, with brain bleeding and multiple broken ribs. The teen had been handcuffed to a bed and abused for months, and the family members are accused of restraining and inflicting harm on him. The community is shocked by the allegations, and the teenager is now out of the hospital but still recovering.
- A teen weighing 70 pounds turned up at a hospital badly injured. Four family members are charged Yahoo! Voices
- Iowa crime: Zearing family charged with abusing family member KCCI Des Moines
- Zearing residents arrested for kidnapping, abusing family member Ames Tribune
- 3 adults, teen charged in abuse of family member KTIV Siouxland's News Channel
- Zearing family accused of severely abusing family member WHO TV 13 Des Moines News & Weather
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