Five children adopted by the Dollars who starved them, shocked them with electricity, pulled out their toenails with pliers, bound them with chains and strips of plastic and struck their feet with hammers. Twin boys, age 14, weighed 36 and 38 pounds when taken from the home.
The family included three girls, ages 12, 13 and 17; three 14-year-old boys (two of them twins) and a 16-year-old boy. One 14 yr old and the 17 year old were favorites and not abused. Dollar's also had an adult daughter, adopted as an infant, who had moved out of the home.
Date: 2005-01-21
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Non-lethal deprivation
Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother
Home schooling: yes
Fundamentalist faith: yes
Placement
Organizations: Hillsborough County DCF (3 children in 1995)
Location
Beverly Hills, Florida
United States
| Document | Date |
|---|
| Dollar child abuse: Survivors of childhood torture speak out | 2010-11-23 |
| Detective speaks out on Dollar tortures | 2005-09-16 |
| PARENTS GET 15 YEARS IN ABUSE-STARVATION CASE | 2005-09-15 |
| Dollars Plead No Contest, Get 15 Years In Prison | 2005-09-14 |
| Testimony: Dollar children lived like war prisoners | 2005-09-09 |
| Hearing looks at how Dollar kids testify | 2005-08-30 |
| Dollars' appeal to get bail is denied | 2005-08-13 |
| Prosecutor: Don't make kids face the Dollars | 2005-07-23 |
| Lawyer: Dollar kids' woes delay depositions | 2005-07-09 |
| DNA From Torture Matches Children's | 2005-06-07 |
| Dollars surrender their parental rights | 2005-06-07 |
| COUPLE WILL BE TRIED JOINTLY IN ABUSE TRIAL | 2005-06-07 |
| Judge refuses to release Dollars | 2005-04-16 |
| Dollars talk with Indiana newspaper | 2005-04-13 |
| Defense in Dollars case glimpsed at | 2005-04-12 |
| Documents reveal thoughts of Dollar couple | 2005-04-08 |
| COUPLE SEEK DEFENSE HELP IN ABUSE CASE, LETTERS SHOW | 2005-04-08 |
| RECORDS: COUPLE IN TORTURE CASE SOUGHT SUPPORT | 2005-04-08 |
| Dollars' calls, letters released | 2005-04-06 |
| PARENTS DENIED BAIL IN ABUSE CASE | 2005-03-16 |
| KIDS TELL OF TORTURE BY ADOPTIVE PARENTS | 2005-03-12 |
| Judge bars media in Dollar children's case | 2005-03-11 |
| Five Florida children allege abuse at hands of parents | 2005-03-11 |
| Details released in Dollar abuse case | 2005-03-11 |
| Evidence on Dollars sought | 2005-03-09 |
| Three Dollar kids removed from schools, foster home | 2005-03-06 |
| Advocate says Dollar boy is taken from foster home | 2005-03-05 |
| 1 lawyer named for 7 Dollar children | 2005-03-03 |
| Daughters fight to see their siblings in alleged torture case | 2005-03-02 |
| Lawyers, state fight over fate of kids | 2005-03-02 |
| Citrus couple face more charges of child abuse | 2005-03-02 |
| Another Dollar daughter wants to visit siblings | 2005-02-27 |
| Abuse affects all in family | 2005-02-22 |
| PAIR CHARGED WITH ABUSE DENIED BAIL | 2005-02-21 |
| Florida couple once praised for parenting now accused of torture; judge denies bail | 2005-02-21 |
| TORTURE SUSPECTS APPEAR IN COURT | 2005-02-21 |
| Fla. Couple Accused of Child Torture -- Couple Accused of Monstrous Acts Vs. Kids | 2005-02-20 |
| Allegations depict house of horrors | 2005-02-20 |
| Replace Dollars' guardian, trust says | 2005-02-19 |
| Follow-Up: Interview With Dollars' Daughter Shanda Rae Shelton, Attorneys Bill Grant, Bo Samargya | 2005-02-18 |
| Older sister in Dollar case pays price for caring | 2005-02-17 |
| PAIR'S ADULT DAUGHTER SAYS SHE WAS ABUSED | 2005-02-15 |
| Dollar Adoptees' Eldest Sibling Wants Custody | 2005-02-15 |
| Did Florida Fail Abused Children? | 2005-02-14 |
| CHILD TORTURE CASE | 2005-02-14 |
| 'GROTESQUE' ABUSE CASE WASN'T WHAT IT SEEMED | 2005-02-13 |
| Abused kids could go to adopted sister | 2005-02-13 |
| PARENTS ACCUSED OF ABUSE CLAIMED THEY WERE LOVING | 2005-02-13 |
| School Noted Adoptees' Size | 2005-02-12 |
| Police say toenails, pliers found in RV | 2005-02-12 |
| Duo's Alleged Torture Tools Seized | 2005-02-09 |
| Taught at home, kids out of sight | 2005-02-09 |
| TORTURE SUSPECTS TO BE EXTRADITED | 2005-02-08 |
| Couple Clear Way To Be Extradited On Abuse Charges | 2005-02-08 |
| Torture Accusations Leveled After Call Led To Treatment | 2005-02-08 |
| COUPLE ACCUSED OF TORTURING KIDS LIKELY TO FACE CHARGES IN FLORIDA | 2005-02-08 |
| Kids subjected to death camp-like abuse, charges say | 2005-02-08 |
| Pair in child torture case agree to return to Fla. | 2005-02-07 |
| COUPLE ACCUSED OF TORTURE CAUGHT | 2005-02-05 |
| Citrus couple arrested, face abuse charges | 2005-02-05 |
| PAIR WANTED IN TORTURE OF FIVE TEENS CAPTURED | 2005-02-05 |
| Children tell story of torture | 2005-02-04 |
| Pair accused of child torture arrested in Utah | 2005-02-02 |
| Abu Gharib in FLORIDA | 2005-02-02 |