Chilling new details in case of mom who ‘forced her stepson to stand in a corner for DAYS and strapped him to his bed’
CHILLING new details have emerged after a woman was accused of abusing her stepson by forcing him to stand in a corner for days.
Prosecutors allege that the woman also strapped the boy to his bed at times in what they called an “extreme” case of abuse.
Amy Dangel was arrested earlier this year in Ohio on 11 counts of child endangering.
Anthony Dangel, the biological father of the boy, was also arrested on accusations that he failed to stop the abuse.
Abuse allegations against Amy include that she beat her stepson with a wooden spoon 75 times and withheld food from him by locking the refrigerator, reported.
Prosecutors said the boy was 61 pounds at 12 years old. They allege the abuse occurred over a period of three years beginning in 2018.
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Both Amy and Anthony pleaded not guilty in a video arraignment earlier this year.
Amy’s attorney claimed that she got the child treatment but prosecutors said this took place only after the boy ran away from home and was found by police.
The prosecutor’s office also claimed that the boy suffered from PTSD and has lasting damage to his legs.
The assistant prosecutor said in a hearing that they hope the damage is reversible with treatment.
Prosecutors said the couple pulled the boy out of a school system after they attempted to contact Amy with reports of abuse.
“Personally, I find this defendant more reprehensible than the last because this was his biological child that he failed to protect,” the assistant prosecutor said.
OTHERS INVOLVED IN ‘ABUSE’
New details emerged on Tuesday about the arrest of Amy Dangel’s parents.
Armin Rodriguez, 70, and his wife Susan, 67, were indicted on charges of child endangerment, reported.
Delhi Township Police told the news outlet that the victim’s grandparents are accused of similar abuse in their home.
The victim’s biological aunt Heather Coombs told Local 12 that she noticed some things were wrong with her nephew.
“It was sickening. Like, I noticed it right away. My brother and I are both in the health care field, and we noticed the limping, the gait that he was walking with, and then he started telling us it hurts to walk and his knees would hurt and his hips would hurt,” Coombs told Local 12.
Coombs said that she rarely was able to see her nephew as Anthony and Amy “hid” the child and his younger brother after their mother died in 2016.
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“They kept them from us immediately, even before Lisa had passed,” Coombs said.
Amy and Anthony are currently out on bond with their next court appearances set for June 29, according to Local 12.
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