I think that whatever you do to someone else - or to an animal - is exactly what should be done to you.

This guy didn't want to feed his daughter? Fine...lock him up and throw away his food tray.

It would take a few times of actually seeing this punishment through, but people would start thinking a little harder about their actions.

I cannot fathom this level of cruelty to even my worst enemy, much less my own daughter.

Hardto, Neither can I. My daughters and son are the most precious people in my life. My responsibility has always been to protect and nurture them. What is the matter with this sick ass freak?

Forced sterilization for both parents, on top of whatever prison time they receive.

There is more question to the story ......Did they check to see if the basement proves she had lived there?. How many youngsters now this days hate their discipline and parents for that matter ,because of the addition in the family or just simple retaliating.Than later on in life come to their senses (become parents themselves ) and OH I'm sorry I was delusional .Teenager in Los Angeles lured police into claim that she was raped and than after parent went through hell Court system )she stated that she was mad because he divorced her mother and went on with his life .

WHY wasn't she living with her mother ? or may be mother helped her fabricating this whole ordeal ......

In this case jury have a lot to look at ,before destroying the whole family .Just my imput ...

bambi@12

I can't believe you are really that blind. We all know how the nedia is full crap. But get real she weighed 68 lbs and now weighs 120lbs. No I don't care how hard she might have been to handle she was probably that way because of the abuse. I am sure you were a rebel and probably desearved a A$$ wooping a plenty. I know you deserve one now. No one and I mean no one deserves to be locked in a basement, starved and be sexually abuse. Your just not thinking right.

Dad looks like he hasn't missed any meals.........P.O.S !!!

I clicked on "Dad starves teen daughter to death" then read the story and she's doing fine.

Eye-catcher.....

bambi,

I had a very hard time reading your post. You missed certain words and seems you need help putting your sentences together.

No pun, just sayin'...

Bambi, the "father" admitted locking her in the basement and now that she is with a foster family she is a perfectly normal teen.

It just amazes me that the jury cannot reach verdicts here. Something isn't right.

Jurors found Chad Chritton guilty of felony child neglect, but they told the judge they couldn't reach a unanimous decision on the other felonies he faced, including child abuse and false imprisonment. He was found not guilty of a misdemeanor neglect charge.

They couldn't even find him guilty of child neglect. What is the real story?

bambi@12: You and two others are apparently too stupid to be allowed to post.

Come back after you get down to 68 pounds.

We're supposed to protect our children.

The defense claimed the girl had mental problems and was threatening the family?

That's a lame defense if ever there was one.

Who wouldn't have mental problems if they were starved, choked, imprisoned and threatened with sexual abuse?

I'd threaten the perpetrators too if they treated me that way.

These stories seem to be getting more commonplace. Hardly a week goes by without another horrendous tale of child abuse. What is wrong with these parents?

That pig of a dad could use some starvation. People are just sick.

NW,

"That pig of a dad could use some starvation."

The "pig" of a dad is an insult to pigs. They care for, and feed their offspring. Unless they need a little pork snack that is.

@ Bambi@12 are your really blind, thou the article did not mention i am sure the authorities did a full investigation and checked the basement. You sound like one defense groupie that refuses to listen to the facts, what they did was despicable. A normal teenage girl does not get to 68 lbs, this sounds like the stepmother wanted to lock the girl away, to have control over the dad.... they deserve to rot.

And if she was such a threat why in the hell did they not get help for her? Pretty pathetic of a defense, more like a cop-out from lawyers who knew they had no chance to defend.

Right?!? If she hated eating so much, how come the first chance she got out of there she started eating non-stop and had doubled her body weight in a year? Obviously she likes to eat normal meals.

"But she's since started eating normally and is up to 120 pounds."

Pretty much blows that lie out of the water.

not buying any part of this story too many holes

I wouldn't want to eat fiecies either.

"Lynn Dillon

not buying any part of this story too many holes"

What part of a 68 pound starving teen was found?? What part of the father's admission that he locked the kid in the basement don't you buy???

Yeah, some people wouldn't believe they've been hit by car even while they wipe the oil stains off their face!

The story has been investigated by the police and child and family services. Unless you know more about the story Lynn, I'd suggest you plug those self-made holes and believe it.

What part of a 68 pound starving teen was found?? What part of the father's admission that he locked the kid in the basement don't you buy???

The part where the jurors couldn't come to an agreement on the other charges and found him not guilty on the neglect charge.

Sounds like the jury had it's share of bleeding heart Liberals just like you.

Sounds like the jury had it's share of bleeding heart Liberals just like you.

Yes, I am a bleeding heart Liberal and proud of it. What doesn't make sense is that in spite of a 68 pound girl and a man who admitted locking his daughter up, the jury couldn't find him guilty. This is the fact that makes holes in the story.

What is the matter with People!

They only convicted him of felony child neglect. They couldn't come to an agreement on the other charges. At sentencing, he'll probably get his sentence of community service. Luckily his child will be foster care.

I do not play well with liberals, conservatives, moderates, and fringe people. However, despite that, huskergal, you DID manage to say a good comment when it came to the questioning of the sanity of the jury who did not find him guilty on the other charges as well as asking where the real story was in the first place. Also, to the people that are slamming Bambi down for another possibility on the case, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves and punished, too. She also asked a lot of good questions.

bambi@12:

"There should be some more questions to the story. Did they check to see if both the evidence and the testimony of the witnesses proves that she had indeed lived there in the basement? How many youngsters now this days hate their discipline and parents for that matter because of the new addition in the family or just simple retaliation or rebellion against their parents for some family rule or ongoing situation, only to then, later on in life, come to their senses (namely, they become parents themselves), and now they are thinking, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I was delusional and I didnt know what I was doing when I was younger?' There was a teenager in a story that I saw online somewhere that had lived in Los Angeles and they had lured the police officers there into believing her claim that she was raped and than after that particular parent went through the nine levels of hell of the court system, she stated that she was mad because he, namely the father that was mentioned in her case, divorced her mother and he went on with his life without further retaliation from his daughter."

I am sure that this is what you had meant to say, Bambi@12? A little more proper studying and spell-checking would do you wonders into making your comments a bit more credible, let alone a link to the story from Los Angeles that you had mentioned.

Now as for huskergal:

"It just amazes me that the jury cannot reach verdicts here. Something isn't right with this story.

Jurors found Chad Chritton guilty of felony child neglect, but they told the judge they couldn't reach a unanimous decision on the other felonies he faced, including child abuse and false imprisonment. He was found not guilty of a misdemeanor neglect charge.

The jury couldn't even find him guilty of child neglect. What is the real story that's happening here?

Why wasn't she living with her mother? Perhaps it may also be possible that maybe her mother helped her fabricate this whole ordeal?"

In this case, the jury has a lot to look at before destroying the whole family. This is just my input on the matter."

Now as with Bambi@12, huskergal, you would also benefit from a little better comprehension of the English language and the usage of proper spell-checking before you post again.

Why do you people have to be mad at these two individuals when they were only being correct on questioning how the trial went and why some of the charges were dropped as well as the possible angle of a mother that had possibly coerced, or even a psychiatrist, psychologist, child protective services, or the police, all of which are also real possibilities, the young woman to testify against her father and stepmother? It is not unrealistic to look for all sorts of possibilities in a case, regardless of whether they are plausible or not in the case. Good detective work and good legal work require such a mindset, not to mention that classic, age-old, and set in stone concept known as the scientific method. They are also correct on the failure of MSN, and possibly the authorities in that part of the country, for failing to provide us with the whole story rather than just what they want the world to hear. Some new evidence might very well shed some new light on the case. However, with that being said, I am sure that they also believe that this father, stepmother, and brother are as guilty as sin and that they should be heavily punished (and if not, then I WILL make them see the error of their ways) for what they did to this young woman. I personally believe as you guys do on the matter, namely, the father, stepmother, and brother of this young woman are evil, that the young woman needs to stay with her foster family, provided that the foster family treats her right, and that the hammer needs to come down hard on the trio. These are my two bits on the matter and I hope that I managed to keep the peace without being too harsh on anyone that did not deserve to be treated harshly.

It is Wisconsin, what do you expect.

Oh yeah, because this only happens in Wisconsin...........

tinlou45: The jury members are making their decisions based on more evidence and testimony than you or I have access to. All we have is a short piece from a poor source known by many to be one-sided and biased.

The man is innocent until proven guilty. His is entitled to a trial by a jury of his peers. You may be his peer, but you are not on the jury.

Fortunately, jurors are not allowed to read the news concerning the cases they are on. There is a good reason for that.

People are becoming too quick to convict based on accusations. Let the jury decide. That's the law. It's a good one.

O.K Joe, what kind of sick ass @!$%# are YOU involved in? Protecting your kind are you??

jim pnw,

He's involved in understanding the law. You should get involved too.

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Sure Chris, he's a lawyer right? Only stupid people try to hide what is obvious behind liberal bleeding heart B.S. Removed from the situation she's gained weight, eats great, and is doing great. Add to that the fact that "dad" won't answer questions and where does that leave us? Don't give me your crap. If "dear old dad" was so concerned, why did he not seek out treatment for her? Betcha can't answer that one can you? Pull your head out of your butt you'll be able to see better. Before you try to educate, become educated.

@Joe and Chris ....thank you for lighting the candle in this dark minds ,they know all without looking deeper into the facts : I'm so scared to read the forum with all this minds programed to kill and convict before the facts are out .God forbid....... to have one of this on the jury box. Jim I suggest to give your opinion with insults attached ,(your insults tells your intellectual mind ),when you raise a teenager or two . Why the brother had a life there ?

WHY is the father not taking the stand :

May be the father is advised by his lawyer not take the stand.

May be because he is not intellectually /English prepared to ask twisted questions from eager CPA lawyer (that wants him in prison so bad to keep his gov.high pay salary) to answer .

If a prosecutor is smart enough ,not only to fill the prison cells can convict this guy if it's guilty .

Jim & Chris

I know in acase like this we all want to castrate this jerk, but thank God the mob lynching days are gone. They probably didn't have enough evidence to convict him on the other charges. Trust me if he does time he may not make it back out, well at least bubba will be happy for awhile. Really this whole family is whacked out not making any excuses for them but they must all be mentally disturbed. I can tell you one thing I know what I'd feed mom and dad for dinner and you could probably guess they wouldn't want to eat it either.

The jury looked at this genius of a father and took pity on him. Too bad they didn't put the parents and step brother rapist away for a good 5 year vacation in Oshkosh.

Wisconsin huh? Land of tea party nutcases? I wonder if this had been a teenage boy if the jury would've had any problems convicting him? Before any calls me name I'm a Libertarian.

what a terrible comment

papa, that's called sarcasm. Look it up in the dictionary.

Sarcasm doesn't work too well here. Besides, the comment was in very poor taste.

Sarcasm works anywhere the people are intelligent enough to get it. It's NOT in poor taste if it's sarcasm. Sorry, but your the lord of bupkiss here. Get out your dictionary and edicate yourself and then try to post something intelligent. (If you can).

Sarcasm works anywhere the people are intelligent enough to get it. It's NOT in poor taste if it's sarcasm. Sorry, but your the lord of bupkiss here. Get out your dictionary and edicate yourself and then try to post something intelligent. (If you can).

@JIM you are one unethical individual I ever read among others,do you know who you are referring to when you call a individual NAMES ? who raised you ? Believe me I'm scared of your INTELLIGENCE .

Reread your comments I suggest ,

Why can't you debate without insults ??????? I do not care for your feed back give it to your .........

Walks puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets hosed again.

Hee, at only 19yo he will be fresh meat in there. Doubly so if they find out what he did, they are bored in there and are always looking for a "challenge". Unless he is built like a football player, the better invest in some A&D Ointment... BWAHAHAHAH!

Unless he was threatened with punishment for helping her. Not every 19 year old can afford to leave home and at 19 most still have the thinking of a child and not an adult.

The stepbrother is charged with trying to assault her sexually.

@Jeff have you heard of teenage girls going into anorexia ,because they have anxiety of not getting fat

all teenagers are different depends on their state of mind ,we do not know what state of mind this girls has .

I'm a parent and I look into deeper facts before we fill in the prisons sometimes with innocents .

Just my thought ...........

Yes, bambi, she's anorexic. That's why, when given the chance in foster care, she gorged herself and now weighs a healthy 120.

Yes, innocents. Seems you chose the name Bambi to try to make you look smarter. Didn't work. Any decent parent would've had their 68 pound 16 year old in the hospital.

Dog food? I would suggest dog @#$%!

I wonder where was the teachers stand in this case ,neighbors ,friends ,like i said there should be a lot more to this story ,To me this is very bias story.

I agree with Bambi on the lack of decent information in this story, but that has become the norm in media today. It's sad that all of us in here can think of all sorts of questions that would help bring the facts of this case into a clearer focus, but the professional "journalists" can't seem to think of them on their own. And it isn't like they are limited by column space or word count - it's digital. They should be able to write as much as they need to in order to properly cover the story...

Yeah, there's a whole lot of sensible reasons a 16 year old would weigh 68 pounds and be locked in a basement instead of being in a hospital. Your kids are so lucky. Perhaps if people like you would stop making excuses for every POS that does harm to other people the world would be a better place.

You cant know what actually went on in the court room. Guilt can not be "obvious".

@ Owen I agree with you ,or we do not have enough facts ,at this point this story is just to stir up an ugly controversial among people that are usually rushing to judgment .

REASON for having over populated prisons .SCARRING !!!!!

Owen and Bambi - Good point, we don't know the whole story. But let's look at this from a common sense point of view. A teenager weighing 68 pounds? Any responsible parent should be alarmed and scared if their kid is in that shape. Not eating? Why didn't they take her to a doctor?

Of course, we are never given even a decent story out of the media these days, so we are all left to wonder. But from what we do know, and using even basic parental common sense, these two "adults" were horrible parents....

Yeah, if we just made excuses for every jerk that does harm to others there'd be a lot fewer people in prison. Why don't you let some of them move in with you?