Boy, 12, Dies After Being Forced To Do 2 Ice Baths For 45 Minutes & 1 Ice Bath For 30 Minutes

[Sugar Cookie]

23-year-old Anthony McCants is in custody after a 12-year-old boy died Saturday in what police believe involved “foul play.”

Police say McCants is known to the family of the boy but did not say how.

Boy, 12, dies after being found unresponsive in Akron home; suspect in custody

A 23-year-old Akron man has been charged with endangering children in connection with the child's death.

www.cleveland.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An Ohio man is accused of forcing a 12-year-old he was watching to endure "ice bath" punishments Saturday before authorities say the boy experienced cardiac arrest and died.

The 12-year-old was identified Monday afternoon as Jadako Taylor of Akron, according to a release from Gary Guenther, chief investigator with the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy was performed but the cause of death is pending investigation.

A criminal complaint made against McCants states that Jadako was in his care on Saturday from about 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. During that time, McCants allegedly forced Jadako to do two "ice baths" or "cold plunges" starting at 5 a.m. that lasted about 45 minutes with "short breaks of pushups and other physical activity in between activity." The complaint states there was a second round of this consisting of a 30-minute "ice bath" and another round of physical activity.

"These incidents were use as corporal punishment," the complaint stated.

After the second round of "punishment," Jadako began to "vomit and seize," the complaint said.

At the time of his death, Jadako's core body temperature was 74 degrees Fahrenheit, the complaint said. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the normal body temperature for a child of any age is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Ohio boy died after man forced him to endure ice baths as 'punishment,' complaint says

A child who died Saturday in Akron after a cardiac arrest has been identified. A criminal complaint alleges he was forced do "corporal punishments."

www.dispatch.com

 

[HijabiGirl]

Can we just not stick to being grounded (to your room or from privilege) or something SANE?! These idiots are trying to reinvent Gitmo level torture so the kid, what? Learns to put their coat back up or clean up after themselves? WTF, people?!

 

[cubby]

This shit started at 5 am, I'm sure, given the choice, a 12 year old would have slept in a few more hours.

What motivates assholes like this?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Jakado

 

[Craygor]

"These incidents were use as corporal punishment torture"

There, I fucking fixed it.