Homeschool parents arrested after 10-year-old boy weighing 36 pounds found on the way to grocery store

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‘This child was, simply put, being starved to death’​

Two homeschooling parents in Georgia face myriad charges after their 10-year-old child was found emaciated, wandering along the street in search of food, and begging never to return to their grasp or residence, authorities in the Peach State said on Tuesday.

Tyler Schindley and Krista Schindley each stand accused of attempted homicide in the second degree and attempted malice murder. They also face charges of cruelty to children in the first degree, second degree, and third degree, battery, simple battery, and false imprisonment, Spears said on Tuesday.

According to warrants in the case obtained by Atlanta-based NBC affiliate WXIA, the couple caused their son “cruel and excessive physical and mental pain” when they “intentionally withheld food from the juvenile for an extended period of time.”

There were several additional children in the home, authorities said. They have since been removed and placed in the custody of the Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services. The children were all being homeschooled, according to the GPD.

 

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Half-brother of 10-year-old boy found wandering the streets barefoot and begging for food in Georgia suburb is also arrested as parents accused of attempted murder​

Ethan Washburn, 19, has been charged with aggravated assault for the strangulation of his younger brother, who weighed just 36 pounds when he was saved by police.

 

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Two homeschooling parents in Georgia face myriad charges

I read the article expecting there to be some connection between this horrendous child abuse and the parents' homeschooling - food withheld for bad grades, etc. - but there isn't. It's another case of children being kept away from people so that the parents could abuse them without being caught.