Tag: WASHINGTON
Washington Parents on the Run After 16-Year-Old Found Weighing 54 Pounds, Unable to Talk or Use Toilet
Police are asking for the public’s help tracking down a Washington state couple after authorities found a 16-year-old weighing just 54 pounds last year, according to KTLA sister station KCPQ in Seattle.
Both 45-year-old Anthony Foxworth and 42-year-old Mary Foxworth are on the run after pleading guilty to a criminal mistreatment charge in Lewis County Superior Court in October. On Wednesday, they failed to show for their sentencing hearing and a no-bail bench warrant was issued for their arrests.
When authorities found the child, he didn’t know how to read or write and hadn’t been attending school, according to KCPQ. The 16-year-old had also never been taught to use a toilet.
Law enforcement first learned of the child’s condition when the Foxworths sought medical help in January 2016, telling doctors the boy hadn’t eaten in three weeks, according to court documents. He was eventually taken to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital for treatment.
Doctors found that the boy was unable to talk and couldn’t open his mouth far enough for a throat examination. He had multiple bald spots, was unable to stand on his own, had 24 teeth needing dental work and the skeletal age of a 13-year-old, among multiple other medical issues. Doctors initially thought he was between 8 and 10 years old.
A year later, the boy has reportedly put on 93 pounds and grown 3.5 inches while in the care of a foster family.
Anthony and Mary Foxworth were last seen in Grand Mound, Washington at a gas station with their green and silver 1998 Chevrolet Suburban (WA license DP25339).
They are also associated to a black 1999 Toyota 4Runner (WA license ASK0996).
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the Centralia Police Department detective bureau at 360-330-7614 or call 911.
via: http://ktla.com/2017/11/02/parents-sought-after-16-year-old-found-weighing-54-pounds-unable-to-talk/
Washington Mother Abandoned Baby Boy in Yard Overnight After Drugs ‘Made Her Paranoid,’ Police Say
A mother was arrested after admitting she abandoned her 3-month-old in the yard of a Washington state home in Lakewood Sunday night during a drug-induced bout of paranoia, police said.
Lakewood Police Lt. Chris Lawler said authorities found the child after a woman walking home around 1:30 a.m. Monday thought she heard a distressed animal. Instead, she found an infant boy lying in the grass of a residence, Lawler told KTLA sister station KCPQ in Seattle.
The baby was cold, but otherwise in good health, investigators said. He was taken to a local hospital and placed in protective state custody.
A female patient at St. Clare Hospital later told officials there she was the child’s mother, Lawler said.
“The mother told detectives that she was at a Lakewood residence last night and did some drugs, which made her paranoid,” a Lakewood police news release said. “She said she grabbed her baby and ran from the residence because she thought she was being chased. She admitted to leaving the baby in a front yard and hoping someone would find him. She was later found running around the area of 74th and Tyler at 7:07AM and transported to St. Clare for medical treatment.”
While detectives were interviewing the mom, the father of the child showed up at the hospital. He said he last saw his child with his wife Sunday night when he left because he was arguing with her. He said he didn’t know the child had been abandoned.
The child’s mother was booked into Pierce County Jail for second-degree abandonment of a dependent person. The father was booked into jail for an outstanding misdemeanor arrest warrant, police said.
Officials haven’t identified either of the parents pending official charges.