Posted on 12/02/2014 4:28:35 PM PST by Morgana
NDERSON, Ind. (Dec. 1, 2014)– No formal charges have been filed yet in a severe case of child neglect in Madison County, and police are looking at the possibility of additional suspects.
Anderson’s trauma team was called to a house Monday in the 3400 block of Forest Terrace Drive on a report of a 15-year-old girl suffering from severe malnutrition. Police say she now only weighs 35 pounds.
Police say the teen is mentally disabled and was covered in feces.
The girl’s grandfather, Steve Sells, 58, has been arrested and will face preliminary child neglect charges. He is currently on a 72-hour hold. No formal charges have been filed in the case because of the hold, but prosecutors expect charges of neglect, criminal confinement and battery.
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We had an almost identical case in WI a couple years ago, I think around Madison. Only real difference was that the 19 yr old son repeatedly raped the girl who was a step child.
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