Wis. Man Says he Mistook Malnourished Teen for 8-Year-Old

[MsBonnieK]

 

Wis. Man Says he Mistook Malnourished Teen for 8-Year-Old

Updated: 02/15/2012 1:57 PM KSTP.com By: Leslie Rolander

A Wisconsin man who found a severely malnourished 15-year-old girl walking barefoot outside in pajamas says she was bleeding from a gash on her nose and crying.

Mike Vega told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the teen he found walking near her Madison home Feb. 6 also had scrapes and a big bruise on her forehead and was so scrawny he mistook her for an 8-year-old.

Vega says while they waited in his car for an ambulance to arrive, she told him her stepmother had thrown her down the basement stairs and that she escaped through a window.

Police say the girl told officers her father and stepmother had kept her confined to the basement for years and had starved her and even forced her to eat her feces.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

[MsBonnieK]

 This just truly breaks my heart. Thank God for this man that has saved her life.

 

[MsBonnieK]

 Bump

[yourpassion]

What is wrong with people????!!!!!

[Lishes]

 They should have the same thing done to them.  I am so glad she found the courage to escape.

[mcr17]

unbelievable that parents could care less about their children and even take pleasure in hurting them.

[2manydiapers]

this is like a boy named IT all over agian

[wilesmomma]

That's terrible. I hope she will recover from this.

[JonesMama]

Omg. I'm so glad she got help before it was too late!

[onefootcutiepie]

 :'(

[mrs.seri]

This is so sick! I live 30 mins away from where this happened. I hate the news lately!