Children adopted by James and Vonda Ferguson
Tue, 2008-06-24 13:49 - Niels
Three boys and two girls were beaten with sticks, belts, shoes, fists and hammers; burned with a clothes iron, the stove, and a curling iron; bitten; kicked; stabbed with knives, forks and sticks; urinated on; forced to eat their own excrement; forced to drink urine; fed rotting food as well as cat food; forced into the clothes dryer and the dryer turned on; beaten while naked; duct taped to a chair or their beds for days; strangled with a belt; held under water; held over a banister by their feet and dropped; made to drink hot sauce with red hot peppers; made to drink from the toilet; forced to go without food for days; forced to wear urine soaked clothing on their heads; and body slammed, along with other abuses.At least two of the victims also detailed sexual abuses and assaults using a toilet plunger.
Date: 2006-08-15
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Sexual abuse,
Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother
Location: Springfield, OH, US
| Case File | Report Date |
|---|---|
| Adoptive dad jailed for child abuse | 2008-05-10 |
| Ferguson found guilty on 25 counts | 2008-04-24 |
| Court dismisses charges against the Fergusons | 2007-03-26 |
| Children can testify in abuse trial | 2006-09-28 |
| Authorities unsure why no one saw child abuse | 2006-09-24 |
| Aunt says Vonda Ferguson took good care of children | 2006-08-19 |
| Parents Accused Of Child Abuse Face Judge | 2006-08-15 |
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