Mother kept 14 year old son locked in closet for over 4 years

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy who says he was locked away in apartment closets over four years was charged Thursday with 29 counts of child abuse for allegedly torturing and imprisoning the teen.

Prosecutors allege LaRhonda McCall, 37, and her friend, Steve Vern Hamilton, 38, beat the boy repeatedly — with "fists, bike chains, cables, extension cords, and/or boards," leaving permanent scars. Hamilton is charged with 24 counts of child abuse.

The charges also allege McCall tortured her son in various ways, including by tying him naked to a ladder and pouring sugar water over him to attract insects. Another time, the charges allege, she poured alcohol on him and lit it on fire, burning the boy. She also allegedly forced him to stand barefoot in the snow for more than 45 minutes.

McCall and Hamilton were being held in the Oklahoma County jail on $400,000 bond each. Jailers and the prosecutor's office did not know if either McCall or Hamilton had an attorney yet, and charging documents did not list lawyers for them.

This mom has served a small amount of time for starving her 2 year old to death. Read the entire story.

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I hope this works for you, but if not, maybe J4a or Fysty can fix it. This is a horrible story, like all the rest of the stories we have read recently.

That is a horrible story. Why was she allowed to keep custody of any of her children after starving her two year old to death?