Boy, 5, found weighing 25 pounds in Daytona Beach; mother arrested

WESH ^ | June 30, 2017 | STAFF

[Morgana]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —

A mother has been arrested after a severely malnourished boy was found in a filthy Daytona Beach apartment eating pieces of old cereal off dirty carpet, police said.

The boy was discovered by the Department of Children and Families during an investigation into child neglect.

The boy, 5, was severely underweight and unable to speak, walk or stand, Daytona Beach police said. The boy was 24.9 pounds when he was found, police said.

[Morgana]

Florida again.

[fruser1]

"Hall also told investigators said that she knows when the victim is hungry because he will chew on his hands."

Good to know.

[Morgana]

“Hall also told investigators said that she knows when the victim is hungry because he will chew on his hands.”

“Good to know”

Now is this all kids in Florida or just hers?

[Tax-chick]

Hall told investigators that she does not communicate with the victim. She said she checks on him randomly and determines if he may need something by his facial expressions. Hall also told investigators said that she knows when the victim is hungry because he will chew on his hands.

Is she a sociopath? Brain damaged? If she didn't want to care for her son, why didn't she leave him at one of the many facilities that will find a decent home for him?

[31R1O]

I just can’t! My boy is 25.5 at 16 months!

[deport]

The Mom.....

[Morgana]

As Tommy says, think she’s retarded.

[Sequoyah101]

Stupid welfare whore. Floriduh is rife with them.

[ColdOne]

Hall has bonded out of jail. Un fn real!

[ColdOne]

She found the money to bond herself out of jail....not feed her son. Horrible.

[Tax-chick]

Money was never the issue. Food is provided free to poor women and children.

[Morgana]

“Hall has bonded out of jail. Un fn real! “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3zQ_cZ29jc

[shanover]

Most typically the Amish.

[bk1000]

“Is she a sociopath? Brain damaged? If she didn’t want to care for her son, why didn’t she leave him at one of the many facilities that will find a decent home for him?”

If it is the same as in GA she gets a bump in her welfare for the kid. There has to be more to it than that, but that may be the story.

[Tax-chick]

I assume that most poor, unmarried women see an increase in their benefits when they have a child. However, most of them don’t do this ... for five years. This woman is seriously loo-loo.

[BraveMan]

“Hall has bonded out of jail.”

the world needs more vigilantes.

[Da Coyote]

Yup, we knew.

Stereotypes exist because of experience.

[Drew68]

As Tommy says, think she’s retarded.

At 24, she's probably a crack baby herself with an IQ of 80.

[Timpanagos1]

“Most typically the Amish.”

Not sure about that.

[bigdaddy45]

I would disagree on that point. Plenty of white girls who are just as bad. In fact, my first thought was that this was a white girl