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'Oh, you're thirsty': Parents taunted and tormented starving 12-year-old who died 'emaciated with all bones visible,' police say

'Oh, you're thirsty': Parents taunted and tormented starving 12-year-old who died 'emaciated with all bones visible,' police say

Inset, top to bottom: Qwentosha Massaquoi and Louis Massaquoi (Lee County Sheriff).…
'Agonizing': Grandson let his 'lifelong curmudgeon' grandma starve to death covered in bedsores 'infested with maggots,' police say

'Agonizing': Grandson let his 'lifelong curmudgeon' grandma starve to death covered in bedsores 'infested with maggots,' police say

Inset: Allen Arias (Brevard County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The home where he…
'He controlled everything': Dad fatally starved 4-year-old girl found with barely an ounce of water in her stomach, cameras positioned on her bed

'He controlled everything': Dad fatally starved 4-year-old girl found with barely an ounce of water in her stomach, cameras positioned on her bed

Main: Rodney McWeay during his June 17, 2025, sentencing hearing in Atlanta…
4-year-old weighed only 10 pounds when he starved to death, mother faces life in prison: Police

4-year-old weighed only 10 pounds when he starved to death, mother faces life in prison: Police

Inset: Jessica M. Burke (Bay County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Bay County Law…
Israel’s Catastrophic Starvation of Gaza’s Millions

Israel’s Catastrophic Starvation of Gaza’s Millions

By Yara M. Asi After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and…
‘They didn’t want him’: Homeschool parents who starved 10-year-old boy until he weighed 36 pounds sat through 1 day of trial and called it quits

‘They didn’t want him’: Homeschool parents who starved 10-year-old boy until he weighed 36 pounds sat through 1 day of trial and called it quits

Inset left to right: Tyler Schindley and Krista Schindley (Spalding County Jail).…
‘Mummified appearance’: Man starved his mother and stopped taking her to the doctor even though she was ‘literally skin and bones,’ police say

‘Mummified appearance’: Man starved his mother and stopped taking her to the doctor even though she was ‘literally skin and bones,’ police say

Background: The Greencastle, Ind. neighborhood where Randy Halton lived with his late…
‘Tragic circumstances’: Mom who starved 2-year-old son to death learns her fate after boy’s father is sentenced

‘Tragic circumstances’: Mom who starved 2-year-old son to death learns her fate after boy’s father is sentenced

Background: The Macomb County Circuit Court in Mt. Clemens, Mich. (Google Maps).…
3 siblings tied up and starved 18-year-old brother to death, then let his body ‘swell and smell’ for days before reporting it, police say

3 siblings tied up and starved 18-year-old brother to death, then let his body ‘swell and smell’ for days before reporting it, police say

Background: The home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Ezekiel Baseme was found…
‘I didn’t want to upset her’: Mom who allowed 70-pound adult daughter with ‘severe autism’ to waste away from starvation because she was sensitive about her weight pleads guilty

Mom who starved 70-pound adult daughter with ‘severe autism’ to death because she ‘didn’t want to upset’ victim by discussing weight learns her fate

Inset: Amy S. Laszkiewicz (Waukesha County Jail). Background: The residence where Laszkiewicz…