Grandchildren whipped, deprived of water in Grand Canyon ordeals
(NEWSER) - A 45-year-old Indiana grandfather has been charged with child abuse after trying to toughen up his three grandsons with brutal hikes in the Grand Canyon, according to park rangers. He was busted after rangers and tourists observed him abusing the boys, ages 12, 9, and 8, MSNBC reports. The boys told police they had been hit, choked, whipped, forced to run up trails under the blazing sun at temperatures as high as 108 degrees, and denied food and water during the hikes. Carlson had told them to "look happy" if they passed other people on the trail. More»
