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Georgia Couple Accused of Starving 10-Year-Old Son Who Weighed 36 Pounds When Found Wandering Neighborhood

Georgia Couple Accused of Starving Son, Who Weighed 36 Pounds
Source: Spalding County Sheriff's Office

May 17 2023, Published 4:30 p.m. ET

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A couple in Georgia are accused of child abuse and negligence after their 10-year-old son was found wandering the streets looking for food, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Tyler and Krista Schindley were arrested after a neighbor rescued their child, who weighed just around 36 pounds, as Front Page Detectives reported.

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"This child was, simply put, being starved to death, and it is tragic,” Griffin District Attorney Marie Broder said during a May 16 press conference. “I truly believe that if he had not gotten out of that home, this would be a very different case.”

Warrants claim that between May 2020 and May 2023, the child's parents “intentionally withheld food” from the boy and caused him “cruel and excessive physical and mental pain” when they “intentionally withheld food from the juvenile for an extended period of time.”

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While the boy was in the couple’s custody, the warrants state, they injured him with “physical contact” and caused “dental injury and disfiguration” for which they failed to seek medical attention.

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The warrants go on to allege the parents “locked the juvenile child inside his bedroom, leaving the child alone in their Griffin residence, for extended periods of time, and on multiple occasions, with no access to lights, food, clothing or adult interaction and/or assistance.”

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The documents also claim there was a lack of “hot or warm running water, outside view, toilet paper, electronic communication, human interaction, adult supervision or access to exit.”

“This case is just disturbing,” said Broder. “It’s heartbreaking.”

Other children were removed from the family's home and placed in protective custody.

The Schindleys face charges of criminal attempts to commit a felony, false imprisonment, battery, and cruelty to children, police said.

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