Author Topic: This Just Baffles Me........ >:( (Read 221 times)

Mackin · « **on:** June 13, 2008, 06:27:48 PM »

AP Photo: This undated police handout, shows 36-year-old Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, who along with Brice Brian have been charged with murder and felony child abuse Friday, June 13, 2008, after the Macclesfield

By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

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.
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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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J.D. Wykid, Esq. · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2008, 06:35:07 PM »

wow.

im always saying that white folk..err..scratch that, parents in general, need to beat their children so they dont grow up to be assholes (see: that video where the kid slaps his mom on Dr. Phil), but this is taking "discipline" to a fucking extreme. how is a NORMAL and SANE person going to tie up a lil kid to a fucking tree for 2 days? jesus. do that to these two bitches till they die. let em see how it fucking feels.

im disgusted, not baffled, my dude. this is some horrible HORRIBLE 'parenting'. couldnt they have just gotten a belt and beat with with the buckle? make it hard for him to sit down for a couple of days? fuck. these whores need to die. for real.

Mackin · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2008, 06:41:16 PM »

^On Point WyKd!!

I'm not certain the parents were eve thinking at all when the decided to tie the kid to a tree..
What sane person would do that???

I use to think my folks were kinda OTT when i use to get beaten with a belt or get flogged in school when i messed up..but this is just madness!!!