NC couple on stricct non-kitten eating diet face murder in death of son

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obviously because of their non-kitten eating diet

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poor kid

 

NC couple face murder in death of son tied to tree

 

This undated police handout, shows 36-year-old Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, who

along with Brice Brian McMillan, have been charged with murder and felony child

abuse Friday, June 13, 2008, after the Macclesfield N.C., couple, allegedly tied

their 13-year-old son to a tree for two nights as a punishment for

disobedience.(AP Photo/police) By MIKE BAKER (Associated Press Writer)

From Associated Press

June 13, 2008 3:29 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. - A couple accused of tying their 13-year-old son to a tree for

two nights to punish him for disobedience has been charged with murder in his

death, authorities said Friday.

 

Brice Brian McMillan, 41, of Macclesfield, told a deputy that the child was

being disobedient and was forced to sleep outside Tuesday while tied to a tree,

the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office said. The teenager was released Wednesday

morning but again tied up that night for bad behavior, authorities said.

 

The boy was left tied to the tree until the following afternoon when his

stepmother found him unresponsive, Sheriff James Knight said. Knight said

authorities believe the boy was bound to the tree with plastic ties and possibly

other kinds of material.

 

" An adult couldn't get out of those, " he said.

 

Temperatures in the area rose to above 90 degrees on Thursday afternoon, with a

low of 73, according to the National Weather Service. Knight would not discuss

any details on the cause of death, saying an autopsy was being conducted at the

state chief medical examiner's office in Chapel Hill.

 

The sheriff also didn't have details on why the boy was being punished, although

he said deputies were investigating whether he had run away.

 

Dwight Jefferson, an emergency responder with Pinetops Rescue Squad who was

first on the scene, said he did not know the cause of the child's death.

 

" What we found was a 13-year-old laying on the ground - CPR being done by his

father, " Jefferson said. " Then we took over. "

 

Knight said the boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

 

McMillan and Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, 36, also have been charged with felony

child abuse. Two other children at the home, ages 7 and 9, have been placed in

the custody of the Department of Social Services, authorities said. Knight said

he does not know of any past allegations of child abuse in the family.

 

He also said he could not release the name of the boy.

 

The McMillans are being held in the Edgecombe County Detention Center under no

bond and are scheduled for a first appearance in court Monday. The sheriff's

office said they did not know if the couple had an attorney.

 

Macclesfield is about 90 miles east of Durham.

 

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Associated Press Writer Martha Waggoner contributed to this report.

 

 

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