Michigan Parents Face Murder Charges After 7-Year-Old’s Morbid Obesity Death

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Damien and Jessica O'Brien are charged with second-degree murder, torture and multiple counts of child abuse after their 7-year-old son Casper—who was bedridden, nonverbal and likely on the autism spectrum—died from a heart muscle disease compounded by morbid obesity; authorities say the child lived in filth and did not receive medical care, while his 5-year-old sister was removed from the home by CPS on the day he died.
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- Flint Township parents charged with murder after son, 7, dies weighing 255 pounds MLive.com
- Michigan parents charged with murder after their 7-year-old son dies weighing over 250 pounds CBS News
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