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Boy adopted by Jonathan and Debra Hay

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2018

12-year-old boy adopted by Jonathan James Hay and Debra Ann Hay was handcuffed to a bed in a locked bedroom or cuffed by his hands and feet to a milk crate in a bathtub. The Hays' also put tape over the boy's mouth, taped socks to his hands to prevent him from trying to pick the locks and often fed him only oats and collard greens. The Hays were sentenced to 13 years in prison.