Crime & Safety
Father Charged In Emaciated Son's Death
The dead 14-year-old weighed just 70 pounds, police said.
MERCER COUNTY (KDKA) — Officials said a father is being charged with criminal homicide and child abuse after his “emaciated” 14-year-old son was found dead inside the family’s home. The teenager, who weighed only 70 pounds, was discovered inside the father’s residence on the 500 block of District Road, a rural part of Delaware Township.
“It was squalor conditions, it was in a country setting,” State Police Lieutenant Dan Ekis said. “The victim was found just inside the trailer. It wasn’t conditions that children should be living in.”
