I never said it was justified but I did say it did not warrant a murder charge. Remember little Lionell Tate from Florida, 13 when he killed his playmate practicing wrestling moves.On the other hand niether you or I lived in that home or even a clue as to what went on. As far as the mug shots of mom and dad, they look like they are at thier wits end and haven’t slept in quite a while. I will withhold judgement till I hear the whole story.
Lionell Tate was a 170 pounder - not little. Meanwhile a neighbor described this boy as little - and that is probably in observance of his size.
These parents look good-sized, not cowed parents at their wit's end - and they look tough.
The woman is a convicted thief meaning she's very sneaky and a law violator.
The man has had "several" driving offenses (they don't get into details of how serious they are, but he violated driving laws frequently.)
It's said they only moved from Florida recently - perhaps to escape their bad reputation they were accumulating or suspicions of neighbors there.
There is no report on any crime record on the kid - no mention of any injuries to the other children or parents. Even they said he was punished for disobedience and I read also of running or trying to run away. No mention of him making threats - though perhaps people like you will give the lawyers a good story to cook up and somehow justify this deadly treatment of the boy.
Plus the woman's husband died at age 38 in 2002. She could have murdered him for his insurance for all we know - you can't put it past her being a sneaky thief, plus allowing the boy to be tightly bound (he's got bruises and marks from this all on his body) for over 3/4 of a day and with no water.
I think you are the one barking up the wrong tree and an investigation will show the parents in more and more worse light.
My problem simply is there is no justification for what the parents did. They admitted they were "punishing" him, not trying to remain safe as you might suggest could be the case.
I understand your point here and even agree with it, but I can't imagine anything that could convince me what the parents did with their 13 yr old son was justifible under any circumstances.
Do you know of any "punishment" or protection for family safty where it would be warrented to tie up a child to a tree, with sweltering heat oiutside by protective parents over the span of a two day period?