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.
Gee, where did you read or hear about he had no water and the theft conviction was in’91 and the guy had some traffic tickets,big deal. So, if the kid ran away and got killed doing something stupid I guess your gonna blame the parents again. I work in 95 degree heat all day long, in the sun wearing long sleave FRC’s. I doubt being tied to the tree killed the kid and I severely doubt the parens meant to do the kid pysical harm.Oh, and I smoke 2 packs a day and the heat still hasn’t killed me and I’m 55. In the end, it still does not justify murder charges.