4-year-old boy, caged for ‘extended periods of time,’ suffers from ‘extreme malnutrition’
Child Abuse
Four people have been jailed in southwestern Missouri after a 4-year-old boy was found unresponsive and suffering from “extreme malnutrition” last month, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The boy’s mother, Dessa Barton, and her boyfriend, Dalton McLendon, both 26, were arrested on November 6, jail records show, when deputies and medical teams responded …