kid dies weighing 255 pounds. parents charged with 2nd degree murder

[Maru Kitteh]

19. There was a boy in my hometown roughly the same age and size

There is a very real disorder that causes children to constantly, unceasingly seek food every moment they are awake. This child would wail pitiously in very real pain if he did not have food in his hands.

These parents are at first glance guilty of neglect, but there may be more to the story. It’s very sad in any case.

I do not know what happened to the boy in my hometown, as I moved away.