Illinois parents charged with murder for starving 6-year-old as punishment, police say

[Boiler 46,109]

About 4:02 p.m. Friday, Jerseyville police were dispatched to the Jersey Community Hospital in response to a 6-year-old boy’s death.

Now police say the child in Illinois starved to death last week after his father and stepmother spent two years withholding food from him as punishment.

The boy, barred by Michael Roberts and Georgena Roberts from eating regularly since December 2015, died Friday weighing just 17 pounds, according to court documents. An autopsy’s preliminary findings indicated the cause of death was “failure to thrive due to ‘extreme malnourishment,'” police said. The couple, both 42, are charged with first-degree murder, as well as a felony count of child endangerment. A Jersey County judge Monday ordered the couple held in custody on $500,000 bail each.

If found guilty, the couple could face up to 60 years in prison and pay up to $25,000 in restitution, according to court documents.

[CaliCat 3,957]

 

Fine parents. (NOT)

[Boiler 46,109]

Lovely people, may they rot in hell.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Lovely people, may they rot in hell.

Same here. I couldn't imagine doing that to one of my children at all and this is just sick. 

[charmander 692]

"malnourishment since December 2015" It just drives me crazy no one else noticed what was going on for the last 2 years. No family friend, grandparent, uncle, aunt, neighbor to check how this kid was doing?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Light um up

[jg121783 3,921]

I am not a violent person but when I hear about someone abusing a helpless child I have the most violent thoughts you could imagine about what I want to do to these pieces of trash. They should be locked away in a dark hole for the rest of their miserable lives.

[smilesammich 10,727]

they certainly shouldn't be eating.

[CaliCat 3,957]

13 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I am not a violent person but when I hear about someone abusing a helpless child I have the most violent thoughts you could imagine about what I want to do to these pieces of trash. They should be locked away in a dark hole for the rest of their miserable lives.

 

All of a sudden, some of the stuff they show us in GOT don't seem so outlandish after all.

Edited November 10, 2017 by CaliCat

[Steeleballz 7,550]

On 11/9/2017 at 8:59 AM, charmander said:

"malnourishment since December 2015" It just drives me crazy no one else noticed what was going on for the last 2 years. No family friend, grandparent, uncle, aunt, neighbor to check how this kid was doing?

 

   Abusers like this are often sociopath's. They know what they are doing. They don't feel guilt or remorse like normal people would. They lie to everyone. They limit access to everyone and keep the kids as isolated as possible. They threaten older kids for talking about the abuse. They don't even let relatives or neighbors see the kids.  

 

  

 

 

 

   

[-Trinity- 513]

This is why I'm for the death penalty. It makes me sick to my stomach that parents do this to their own child.

 

Djeez, what a ###### up world do we live in.

Edited November 10, 2017 by Beachlover

[-Trinity- 513]

4 hours ago, smilesammich said:

they certainly shouldn't be eating.

That would be a good sentence.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Beachlover said:

That would be a good sentence.

imo, death is too easy. 

[CaliCat 3,957]

3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

imo, death is too easy. 

 

 

What would Cersei or Khaleesi do? Hmmmm...

[-Trinity- 513]

Just now, smilesammich said:

imo, death is too easy. 

As another poster stated, I'm not violent at all, but for animals like this no punishment can't be harsh enough. And yes, death would be an easy way out.

 

Slow death then. Very slow.

 

God, I need stop reading this kind of stuff.