According to Middlesboro police, Ricky and Nichole North duct-taped their 5-year-old child’s arms and legs, punished him with cold showers, punched, slapped, choked, and body-slammed the child, and whipped him for coloring outside the lines on homework.
In a Facebook post, the Middlesboro Police Department says the child was subjected to torture, cruel confinement, and cruel punishment while in their care.
They were both charged with criminal abuse, tampering with physical evidence, strangulation, and failure to report child dependent neglect/abuse.
Parents accused of body slamming, whipping 5-year-old boy for coloring outside lines of homework
A couple in Kentucky is accused of intentionally abusing a 5-year-old child on numerous occasions, according to authorities.
