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I saw a bit about that on the news,
truly sad. Makes you wonder about some folks, how they live with
themselves...
Btw the channel I saw it on, was the
one mentioned in the article. The local CBS affiliate. lol Of course, most of my
shows come on that one. lol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 7:29
PM
Subject: [Sndbox] Girl Chained To Bed
Dies in Fire
(CBS/AP) Bond has been set at $100,000 each for an
Arkansas couple charged with felony manslaughter after the body of their
10-year-old daughter, chained to a bed by her ankles, was found in the debris
of the family's burned home.
Sheriff Wesley Kendrick said
investigators believe the fire was accidental. Four people made it out of the
home — the parents and their two other children.
The body of Molly
Holt was found by firefighters in her bedroom under debris where the roof had
collapsed, said Chief Deputy Jerry Dorney. Investigators also found a chain
and padlock that they determined had secured the girl to her bed, Dorney said.
"The crime scene was very poignant," Kendrick told CBS affiliate
KTHV. "To see that child, you could tell that the child was under the bed,
trying to get away from the flames."
A metal link chain was looped
around the frame and twice around her left ankle, where two padlocks secured
her, the deputy coroner told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
"It's my
understanding that the child was mentally challenged," Prosecutor David
Gibbons said. "In addition may have had some behavioral problems and that's
how they dealt with, which is not the right way."
Molly's parents,
Lloyd Holt, 32, and Teresa Dick, 31, were arrested on a felony manslaughter
charge. At a hearing Wednesday, a judge appointed a public defender to the
case and set the bond amount for each of the parents, said Deputy Prosecutor
Bruce Wilson.
"Every time I think I’ve seen everything, you see
something new. It just blows your mind," Deputy Coroner Ashley Davis said.
"You can’t even imagine it."
Investigators believe the fire started in
the front of the house, where the girl's bedroom was located.
"The
entire house was completely destroyed and on the ground," Dorney said. "The
only thing standing was a brick chimney. At this point, we believe the fire
was accidental."
The chief deputy would not disclose what the parents
told investigators when asked why their daughter was chained to the bed. He
said when deputies arrived at the scene, the father said he wasn't able to get
Molly out of the house.
Dorney said deputies received a call at 12:45
a.m. Monday of the fire about 13 miles north of Clarksville. The nearest
residence to the two bedroom, wood-frame rent house was about a quarter-mile
away.
When deputies arrived, the front of the house was engulfed in
flames, and Lloyd Holt told them he believed Molly was still inside.
Both parents are employed, although Dorney said he didn't know exactly
where. "We've not had any problems with them that I can remember off the top
of my head," he said.
The girl had not attended school for at least
three years. The state Department of Human Services, citing privacy laws,
would not disclose what services, if any, Molly had received.
The
couple's other children — a girl about 5 and a boy about 3 — were placed with
relatives, Dorney said.
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