According to the prosecution, the grandmother, forcing 13-year-old grandson sleep in a cage for dogs, was smiling as he pleaded guilty.
A woman was arrested in September 2018, after the police received at the seven district Otago (al) anonymous tip. Upon arriving at the home, officers found a naked and suffering from severe starving child, which someone chained to the door. Abrasions on the hands and feet, the boy was handcuffed is not the first time.
On the question of what happened, the child replied that he was «punished» for the brawl with his younger brother.
According to the Prosecutor Gillian Jordan Evans, the grandmother, the 58-year-old Vicky Forces Higginbotham let the baby sleep in a metal cage for dogs at least two years. If he was allowed to spend the night in his own bed, then chained to a bedpost and tied my hands behind my back.
Autauga County Sheriff’s Department. Vicki Forces Higginbotham
«Higgenbotham is pure evil. — said the woman — She asked with a child — his grandson — with incredible cruelty and, given the severity of the crime, the state would demand for her the maximum punishment.»
The house found two more children: 5-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl who was suffering from exhaustion. All three were taken from the care of relatives and placed under the supervision of local authorities.
In addition to Higginbotham, police arrested the child’s mother is a 32-year-old Danielle Nicole Martin, his stepfather, 26-year-old Joshua David Martin as well as two uncles — 38-year-old Douglas Phillips and 29-year-old Matthew Phillips.
Initially, Higginbotham denied the charges, but on Tuesday, November 5, changed her testimony — thus evincing not the slightest remorse.
