Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he was starved to death and fed to pigs, according to documents recently unsealed by a court. But a lack of coordination with Missouri officials apparently left the boy unprotected as the family moved across state lines. …
Unsealed records from the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) show multiple allegations of abuse against Heather Jones, the stepmother of Adrian Jones who, along with Adrian’s father Michael, pleaded guilty to murdering the child. The 7-year-old boy starved to death in 2015 before his father fed his body to pigs. Prior to his …
After a homeschooled child was brutally tortured and abused for years before he starved to death, a Kansas prosecutor is arguing for new regulations that better protect children who are not enrolled in school and therefore may not have outside witnesses who might pick up on abuse or neglect. The horrific abuse and murder of …
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Additional images of the horrific torture and abuse have been released, as Adrian Jones’s father is sentenced
