Dallas police have arrested a
father
and stepmother for allegedly starving their son to death almost a year ago.
Aaron and Elizabeth Ramsey were arrested on charges of felony injury to a
child
in the death of missing 11-year-old Johnathan Ramsey,
the Associated Press reported.
Aaron Ramsey told police that he saw his son "eat his own feces" out of
desperation,
according to the Dallas Observer.
The father admitted to starving his son and dumping the body in Ellis County,
Texas,
police records show.
The Ramseys locked Johnathan in his room after he allegedly hit Elizabeth in
the stomach while she was pregnant, causing her to suffer a miscarriage, his
father claimed.
According to police documents quoted by the International
Business Times, the boy's weight dropped from 90 pounds to a mere 60 on
the "military rations" of bread and water dished out as punishment for his
"violent episodes."
Johnathan's grandfather, Edward Ramsey, alerted police that the boy had been
missing,
WFAA reported. The grandfather's call came after nearly nine
months of getting no response to birthday presents and repeated excuses from his
son about his grandson's whereabouts, according to the International Business
Times. The paper reported that the boy's
mother,
a resident of New Mexico, experienced similar problems getting in touch with her
son, saying that Aaron Ramsey lied repeatedly on the phone about the boy's
condition and location when she called.
Source
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/johnathan-ramsey-aaron-elizabeth-ramsey-son-starved-texas_n_1396884.html?ref=crime
