Boy in coma was locked away and starved, police say
Two weeks after a third visit from the Department of Children and Families, the boy slipped into a coma. His teachers and biological mother had complained to officials he had been losing weight and coming to school cold and hungry, The Boston Globe reports.
Now, court records obtained by The Globe suggest the conditions of his abuse included isolation and limited food and water.
The seven-year-old Hardwick boy was hospitalized two weeks ago, and remains in a coma. His father, Randall Lints, 26, has been arraigned on charges of assaulting a child.
The Globe reports:
[Lints] did not allow his son to be in the living room where three other children in the home watched television and played video games, and had placed an alarm on the boy’s bedroom door to alert him if he left, police said. Police said that Lints may also have monitored his son’s room with a camera that could be accessed with his cellphone. …
In an eight-page affidavit for a warrant to search Lints’s home, State Police wrote that the boy faced intense isolation and discipline from Lints, who also “strictly controlled’’ his fluid intake to prevent him from wetting his pants.
At the time of the complaints and DCF visits Lints and his girlfriend and had custody of the boy, who had bounced from guardian to guardian, according to The Globe. DCF officials told The Globe they are reviewing the case.
Read the full Globe report here.
Photos from the boy’s home:
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