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Boy adopted by Richard and Cynthia Kelly

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2016 Nov
Adoption
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14-year-old boy adopted by Richard and Cynthia Kelly was denied food, failure to provide nourishment and medical care, along with locking their adopted son of two years in a concrete basement for nearly 23 hours a day. The Kelly's were sentenced to a ten-year split sentence with two years to serve.

Documents

Title Publication date
Parents Who Locked Adopted Son In Basement For 23 Hours A Day And Starved Him Sentenced 2020 Nov 17
‘Cinderella with no happy ending’: Starved Alabama teen locked in basement shares horrifying testimony 2020 Nov 15
Plea deal in horrific case of starved Alabama teen kept in basement sparks outrage 2020 Nov 15
Starved teen locked in Helena basement gives horrifying testimony at parent's sentencing 2020 Nov 13
Lawsuit filed in horrific Shelby County abuse case of adoptive son kept in basement 2019 Dec 27
Shelby County couple pleads guilty to starving, abusing adopted teenager 2019 Dec 10
Shelby County couple pleads guilty in horrific abuse case of adoptive son kept in basement 2019 Dec 10
Shelby County couple, charged with abusing teen kept in their basement, granted lower bond 2017 Jul 5
Adoptive parents indicted in case of teen kept in basement for 2 years; father seeking lower bond 2017 May 16
Horrific new details emerge in case of Shelby County teen kept in basement; Adoptive parents denied lower bond 2017 Feb 8
Parents of 55-pound Helena boy kept in 'isolation' say $1 million bond 'excessive and illegal' 2016 Dec 12
'You feel like an animal': Brother of boy isolated in basement describes horrific conditions in adoptive parents' home 2016 Dec 7
Prayer vigil held in Helena for 55-pound teen victim of abuse 2016 Nov 18
'Challenged' teen kept in basement 2 years remains gravely ill: 'You just struggle to wrap your head around it' 2016 Nov 15
55-pound teen critical after 2 years 'isolated' in Shelby County basement 2016 Nov 15
home schooling, paddle, food deprivation, forced confinement, forced hot sauce ingestion, non-lethal neglect, non-lethal deprivation
Helena - AL

Location

Helena