Friday, September 14, 2018

Skin and bones: Children starved in deadly fasting case, complaint says

Police in Reedsburg are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy after his father reported the death to authorities.

The boy's parents, Kehinde and Titilayno Omosebi, were arrested for neglecting a child causing death and neglecting a child causing great bodily harm. Both are in the Sauk County Jail.

The case's criminal complaint showed that when officials go to the home there was only one bedroom with a bed and another room with four metal chairs placed in a square form.

Police said there was no food in the home. They boy's father told police they were doing a 40-day fast, only drinking water so they could get blessings from God to move to Atlanta. He told police he was a minister affiliated with the Cornerstone Reformation Ministries and that the fast started on July 19.

Skin and bones: Children starved in deadly fasting case, complaint says

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