TORTURED BY HIS OWN FAMILY: THE SIX-YEAR-OLD CHAINED IN A CLOSET
april 15, 2011
At age 6, his father and stepmother locked him inside a bathroom closet, his tiny body wrapped in a wire fence and bound by chains like an animal.
RELATED RESOURCES
- If you or a child you know is being abused, contact the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-CHILD
- f you or someone you know is a victim of rape, abuse or incest, contact the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network at RAINN.org
- Jill Starishevsky's book is My Body Belongs to Me
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