A father and stepmother accused of torturing and abusing their 12-year-old son in Detroit have escaped the most serious charge of torture after a district judge threw it out, the Detroit Free Press ...

The parents of Charlie Bothuell V, the 12-year-old Detroit boy who was reported missing and was found in his basement last year, are facing charges of torture as well as second-degree child abuse for ...

*The Detroit boy found in his basement after a headline-making 11-day search told a judge Tuesday that his home was a “very terrible place” where he was beaten with a plastic pipe, forced to rise ...

The stepmother of a Detroit boy who went missing for 11 days before he was found in his dad's basement appeared in court Friday morning after her arrest a day earlier for parole violation. Monique ...

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