87-pound teen tells agonizing tale
Georgia couple jailed after LA police told of ordeal in home
Posted: September 22, 2012 at 4:10 a.m.
A sheriff’s deputy sits outside the Dallas, Ga., home Friday where authorities say Paul and Sheila Comer kept their son in a bedroom for years before the emaciated teenager was placed on a bus to Los Angeles.
An emaciated Georgia teenager told police that he was forced to kneel for hours at a time by his stepfather and mother, who now face charges of child cruelty after allegedly confining the teen in a bedroom for years and then sending him by bus to Los Angeles to seek a homeless shelter.
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