Boy 9 Locked In A Freezing Dog Kennel Pictured In A Cage As A Toddler

Little did she know that this eerie photo, taken as a joke eight years ago when she was just one year old, was a dark foreboding of the brutal childhood that awaited her. On October 19, the child was found locked in a frozen dog kennel outside his family’s home in Lexington, North Carolina. Kicked out in April and shoeless, he confessed to police that he had been sent outside to sleep on straw because there was no room for him in the 1,400-square-foot house where his father, stepmother, aunt and four his siblings. Today, his father Jonathan Starr, 32, is behind bars on child abuse charges along with his stepmother, Sarah Lynette Starr, 40, and her aunt, Shelley Lucille Barnes, 56. While the motive for the abuse remains unknown, the disgust at the conditions the boy was forced to live in is clear. DailyMail.com is choosing not to name or picture the boy or any of the other children found at the home. All five are now in the care of social services. They are aged from eight months to seven. We can however reveal that just a year ago, she was enjoying a happy life in a blended family. In this eerie photo that foreshadows his future, the North Carolina boy found locked in a dog kennel last month appears as a toddler, locked in a similar cage to the one he was found in. He was funny taken at a time when he seemed to be enjoying his father’s love and care The boy – who DailyMail.com chooses not to name – appeared happy as a young baby and toddler. After moving from California to North Carolina to live with his father, his new wife and their children, his fate changed That’s believed to be the kennel lot where the boy was found on Oct. 19 after a concerned neighbor called 911. It was only 28 degrees — unbelievably cold — and the boy had spent the night without shoes or a bed, sleeping on a pile of straw, in wet clothes. . He told police he had been there since April, sent to “live outside” because there wasn’t enough room for him in the house The latest photo of the nine-year-old boy. When he was found on October 19, he was so cold after spending the night in sub-zero temperatures that he was shivering and unable to speak His father had married Sara, already a mother of two, in 2017. She had two little girls from a previous relationship, both of whom were younger than the boy in question. The family grew in 2017 with the birth of the boy’s first half-sibling. In February of this year, a second half-brother was born. The family lived in Paradise, California, near Huntington Beach, where Sarah’s family is from. In 2018, their home was destroyed by the devastating fire that hit the city. It seems they moved to North Carolina soon after to live with Shelley, Sarah’s aunt. Shelley, 56, is a convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet of 34 separate arrests in both North Carolina and California. The majority of offenses are not identified in public records, but include charges of identity fraud and health and safety violations. Her home is strewn with Confederate flags, and in old social media photos, her relatives and friends can be seen dressed in KKK robes toting rifles. And she’s from Huntington Beach and raised money for the family when they lost their home in the Paradise fire in 2018. Shortly after the arrival of the fifth child in February, the boy found in the crate disappeared from his stepmother’s social media accounts. In some photos, it was even cropped. His sudden disappearance caused concern among her friends.
In the photos of the other four children, friends asked where her stepson was. In her biography, Sarah described herself as a mother of four – not five. The nine-year-old boy, shown (far left) aged seven in 2020 with three of his siblings, seemed very much part of the family until recently April 2021, the announcement of a new baby in the family. This is the last time the boy, left, appeared on his stepmother’s social media accounts A new baby, then gone: In February of this year, Sarah gave birth to her second son. The eldest child disappears from her social media pages at this point Stepmother Sarah with her four biological children on an outing on October 3, just two weeks before she was arrested for abusing the eldest boy, who was not pictured that day Deleted: Sarah’s Facebook bio describes her as a “mum of four”, without mentioning the nine-year-old stepson who was forced to sleep outside Friends became so concerned about the child’s sudden disappearance on his parents’ social media pages that they peppered his stepmother with questions The boy was not included in family outings to rodeos or trips to the lake, and he is not included in the joyous announcement of the birth of his younger half-brother. DailyMail.com contacted the boy’s biological mother, who lives in California, but did not receive a response. None of his grandparents answered questions. Sheriff Richie Simmons of Davidson County, North Carolina, told reporters the abuse was unlike anything he had “ever seen.” “I’ve been in law enforcement 36 years. It’s the first time I’ve seen anything this big to be honest with you. “There were some clothes in there, just scraps, some food was in there, but not enough to keep this child warm,” he told a news conference last week. Officers were called to the home in the early hours of the morning by a concerned neighbor who had stolen a glimpse of the boy locked in a dog cage on the grounds of the home. The neighbor’s wife later told police that she had once taken food to the child. Happiest moments: The boy with his biological parents, Jonathan and Tiffany, as an infant. Tiffany has yet to comment on the allegations against his father and stepmother. It is unclear what their custody agreement was Jonathan Starr seemed to be a loving and caring father to the boy until recently. They lived in California, near where Jonathan grew up The child with his grandfather, Scott Starr. Mr. Starr lives in California and did not respond to questions. The boy’s biological mother with his father Police arrived at the home just before 7.30am and found the boy in the dog enclosure. It was 28 degrees at the time – unbelievably cold for North Carolina – and he was thinly clad.
“There were some clothes, but not enough to keep this child warm,” Sheriff Simmons said. The boy was so cold when police arrived that he was shivering and unable to speak until he was warmed up by EMS crews. The officers were so alarmed when they arrived at the property that they breached a fence and broke the padlock holding him captive. Sarah Starr and Jonathan Starr married in 2017. She already had two daughters from a previous marriage and seemed excited, at first, to be a stepmother to her new husband’s only child. The following year, the family’s home in Paradise, California burned down in a wildfire that destroyed the entire area Aunt Shelley, 56, is a convicted felon who proudly displays Confederate flags and photos of friends wearing Klansmen hoodies on her social media pages Inside the house were Starr, his wife and Barnes. A four-year-old boy was found hiding under a bed and Starr was tending to her eight-month-old son. The older girls – aged seven and five – were at a nearby school. All the other children were healthy and well cared for, according to police. But now they are all under the care of the protection services.
It remains unclear whether social services had been notified to the family previously. All three suspects remain in custody. Jonathan and Sarah are being held on $100,000 bonds each, charged with a string of child abuse offenses. Barnes is being held on $300,000 bond. Officers received an anonymous call from someone reporting that a child was locked in an outdoor dog kennel on Cress Road in Lexington and that they believed the child had been there overnight.

title: “Boy 9 Locked In A Freezing Dog Kennel Pictured In A Cage As A Toddler " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-19” author: “Blanca Delvalle”