Sentenced: Rib Mountain Father & Step-Mother Starved & Abused Girl, 15, Who Only Weighed 58 Pounds

[Sugar Cookie]

Brittany E. Hull, 31, and Tristan P. Hull, 38, both of Rib Mountain, each face charges of child neglect resulting in great bodily harm and child abuse causing great bodily harm for abusing a teenage girl who weighed 58 pounds.

According to the criminal complaints, on Oct. 15, a deputy responded to the Hulls' Rib Mountain home for a medical emergency. When the deputy arrived, he saw an emergency medical technician performing CPR on a child in an ambulance. The lifesaving measure was performed for 25 minutes.

The deputy talked to Tristan Hull, who said the girl had drank a protein shake and started having trouble breathing, according to the complaint. He said the girl began to gargle the shake and could not swallow. Tristan Hull said the girl then stiffened up and became unresponsive. Tristan Hull said his wife, Brittany Hull, was the one with the girl during the medical emergency.

Tristan Hull said the girl was 15 years old and had stopped growing about two or three years earlier, according to the complaint. He said the girl was 4 feet tall and weighed about 50 pounds, according to the complaint. Tristan Hull said the girl had a history of health problems, but he only specified a condition that caused poor blood circulation.

Five days later, on Oct. 20, a detective was assigned to do a follow-up investigation on the medical emergency. The girl had been taken to Marshfield Medical Center and weighed 58 pounds, according to the complaint. Hospital staff told the detective the girl's organs had begun to fail because of severe dehydration. She also went into bone marrow failure because of malnutrition. The medical staff ran several tests and said they ruled out any medical condition that would have prevented the girl from gaining weight. They also did not find anorexic or other behaviors that indicated self-inflicted harm, according to the complaint.

In the hospital, the girl said she was happy she could eat what she wanted and was feeling better. She gained 4.85 pounds in eight days and had no problem with any of the food. Brittany Hull had told the detective she had worked with a nutritionist to develop a diet for the girl to help with her brain function because of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The detective found Brittany and Tristan Hull were not following the nutritionist's recommendations and that the girl had appropriate brain function.

The girl told the detective Tristan and Brittany Hull would not allow her to eat breakfast or snacks, according to the complaint. The girl said Brittany Hull was very strict with her and she would get in trouble for trying to eat snacks without permission. The girl, who was home-schooled, said she was placed at a corner table in the living room for most of the day and was not allowed to eat with the other people in the house. The girl had lunch at dinner time and had a meal right before bed. Brittany Hull also limited the girl's water intake to 16 ounces. If the girl asked for more food, Brittany Hull would tell her to wait until her next meal time.

The detective found a lock on the girl's bedroom door and all her bedroom windows. There also was a working alarm on the girl's bedroom door, according to the complaint. There were books taped to the mattress of the girl's bed that would force her to sleep in a certain position. The girl had no blankets or bedding on the mattress, according to the complaint.

A detective also found videos from a security camera in the girl's room. The videos showed the girl forced to stand with her hands up for hours, according to the complaint. The girl was shaking and crying in the videos. Both Tristan and Brittany Hull were seen entering the bedroom and forcing the girl to raise her hands higher, even though she was crying and shaking, according to the complaint.

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Rib Mountain couple charged with neglecting and abusing teenage girl who only weighed 58 pounds

Brittany E. Hull and Tristan P. Hull are each being held on a $1 million cash bail set in Marathon County Circuit Court.

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As the girl began to recover, she allegedly told investigators that she is home schooled and that her stepmother did not allow her to eat breakfast with her siblings or eat snacks. The girl was allegedly told by her parents that she had ADHD and an undiagnosed medical condition that made it difficult for her to gain weight. Because of this, court records state, the girl was told that her stepmother put her on a “special diet” that she “researched herself.” Doctors at the hospital did not find any such medical condition, court records show.

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[cubby]

There are some really evil people in the world. She probably thought she had died and gone to heaven when put in the hospital, she could eat and drink whenever and whatever she wanted. Please don't let them get away with this torture.

 

[thuumpr]

Wondered if 'Rib Mountain' was a place or description. After seeing pics, I guess the answer is 'Yes'!

 

[Ella Mayo]

It is too common for wretched couples to use a child as a distraction from their own shortcomings.
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I'm one of the luckier ones. Both of my mother's older sisters were my my foster mothers. My younger brothers have all helped, as well as others - including fine strangers. I'm smart, strong, funny, and apparently, fairly cute . . . but I'm not smug. Anyone who didn't survive deserves sympathy: not harsh, arbitrary, capricious judgement.
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[Busy Bee]

So, she had a disease that prevented her from gaining weight? It was Those two diseased adults who refused to let her eat enough! Interesting how the child started gaining weight when she got to hospital! Both the adults should spend the remainder of their lives in prison! Children half her age weigh more than 58 pounds!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A long-running Marathon County child neglect case ended Tuesday with a prison sentence for the stepmother of a girl who nearly starved to death under her care.

Circuit Judge Greg Strasser ordered Brittany Hull to serve 11 years in the Wisconsin prison system, including seven years of initial confinement and four years of extended supervision.

The girl nearly died, according to court documents previously reviewed by Wausau Pilot & Review.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Judge Strasser heard a victim impact statement from the girl before handing down the sentence, which is longer than the one imposed last fall against Hull’s husband, Tristan.

Tristan Hull, the victim’s father, was sentenced in October to four years in prison followed by four years of extended supervision after he was convicted of chronic neglect of a child where the consequence was great bodily harm.

The court also ordered Hull to have no contact with her stepdaughter unless approved by her agent and requested by the victim.

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[cubby]

Not nearly enough time for either one of them. I hope their daughter found a wonderful home and she gets to go to school and gets to eat anything she wants.