Wisconsin parents arrested after teen son dies during religious fast, police say

Fox News ^ | 9-4- 2018 | Nicole Darrah | Fox News

[deport]

A mother and father in Wisconsin were charged on Tuesday after their 15-year-old
son reportedly died during a 40-day religious fast.

Kehinde Omosebi, 49, and Titilayo Omosebi, 48, of Reedsburg, face charges of
child neglect causing death and child neglect causing great bodily harm, the
Wisconsin State Journal reported.

On Sunday, Kehinde allegedly walked to the Reedburg police station to report
his son had died on Friday, Chief Timothy Becker said. Friday would’ve been
the 44th day of the fast.

[Lurker]

“Kehinde Omosebi, 49, and Titilayo Omosebi, 48, of Reedsburg,”

Born and raised in Reedsburg, no doubt.

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[raiderboy]

What idiots. Always obtain nourishment or you die. Pretty simple rule.

[PGR88]

44 days into a 40-day fast. Huh?

[lightman]

"The father, Kehinde, told authorities that the family began fasting on July 19, and that he was a “religious minister affiliated with Cornerstone Reformation Ministries,” which is believed by police to have been made up."

Cueing Monty Pythons's "Crackpot Religions" sketch.

[antidemoncrat]

Which religion?

[PeterPrinciple]

while, according to Becker, the parents are eating while in jail.

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They are not doing it right...………………...

[SamAdams76]

When fasting, the inability to count can have fatal consequences.

[Popman]

The 15 year must have had under lying medical issues...

A 40 day fast should not kill you....

I’ve done a 20 day fast

[ladyjane]

Yes, you’ve done one 20 day fast. But have you done 15 of them?

The kid probably did.

[lepton]

A 40 day fast should not kill you....
I’ve done a 20 day fast

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How long did it take you?

[bk1000]

I do believe there is a difference between fasting and being starved. They starved the kid. I shouldn’t say more.

[deport]

The father, Kehinde, told authorities that the family began fasting on July 19,
and that he was a “religious minister affiliated with Cornerstone Reformation
Ministries,” which is believed by police to have been made up.

[snarkytart]

it really depends on how much weight you have on you. a lot, not most, but a lot of teen boys are skinny and lean. 40 days without food is definitely enough to kill a person already thin.

And you use 20 days as an example, but you have to understand basic math..40 days is double of what you did.

[gaijin]

There was a Scottish 27 y.o. man of 478 lbs some years ago who went on a 380 day fast.

In that ONE fast:

He slimmed down to normal weight.

Allegedly with no ill effects.

[Valpal1]

Yeah, his condition was that he was a teen. Fasting is for adults, not growing children. smh

[Redleg Duke]

Jeeze! My home town! I grew up there in the 50s!

[Will88]

Kehinde Omosebi, 49, and Titilayo Omosebi, 48

Just more of those German and Scandinavian names that are so common in Wisconsin.

[Blurb2350]

Yeah, his condition was that he was a teen. Fasting is for adults, not growing children.
Exactly, and he was a very slender teen to boot. Fasting is practiced in all religions, all over the world, but accommodations are made for children and pregnant women and the elderly. An otherwise healthy obese adult, on the other hand, can fast for weeks with little or no problem -- like that gargantuan Scot who set the world record.

[SkyDancer]

Kwanza?