July 4, 2026

"Casper weighed a little over 104 pounds at the time, which means the boy — who was 4 feet 2 inches tall when he died — gained roughly 150 pounds in less than two years. His diet consisted largely of potato chips and French fries...."

From "Michigan Couple Are Charged With Murder After Death of Morbidly Obese Son/Seven-year-old Casper O’Brien weighed 255 pounds when he died last year. Prosecutors said he was bedridden and subsisted on little more than snack foods" (NYT).

8 comments:

Temujin said...

This never gets old.
Anyone can be a parent.

Aggie said...
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Aggie said...

Just like him.

A sister in similar morbidly obese condition is now in temporary foster care. A disturbing case for the prosecutor who still ahsn't seen it all.

Archived here: https://archive.ph/CAlg7

john mosby said...

Casper? Oh no. CC, JSM

Doc g said...

They’re sure these kids didn’t have prader willi syndrome?

Wince said...

"If you love those fries so much why don't you marry them?"

Notice who was there at the table.

gilbar said...

huh?
mom's can't kill their children now?
they can STILL castrate them, and pump them full of hormones though..
right?

if a 7 year old is old enough to decide what hormones it should take..
why isn't it old enough to decide what food it wants?

Howard said...

The opposite of the extreme vegan malnutrition

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