Monday, August 29, 2011

Police: Jonathan James, 10-Year-Old, Died After Being Denied Water As Punishment

Police: Jonathan James, 10-Year-Old, Died After Being Denied Water As Punishment

Associated Press - 8/29/11

DALLAS - A 10-year-old Dallas-area boy who died of dehydration after his father and stepmother kept water from him was being punished for wetting the bed, authorities say. The boy, Jonathan James died July 25 after water was kept from him for five days while temperatures soared to 100 degrees or more each day, police said. The boy's dad, Michael Ray James, and stepmother, Tina Alberson, both 42, were jailed after being charged Thursday with injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/jonathan-james-dead-deydration_n_939728.html

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