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Mom Charged With Locking Girl in Closet, Starving Her

'LP' is 10 years old, but weighs just 32 pounds

By Mark Russell, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2012 8:16 AM CDT

(Newser) – An anonymous call to a child-abuse hotline led police to 10-year-old girl who weighed just 32 pounds, locked in a closet and surrounded by her own waste, reports the Kansas City Star. Identified only as "LP," the girl told police she was rarely... Read full story »

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Mom Charged With Locking Girl in Closet, Starving Her

'LP' is 10 years old, but weighs just 32 pounds

Kansas City • child abuse • Jacole Prince

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