A Michigan couple face murder, torture and child abuse charges after their bedridden seven-year-old son died weighing 255 pounds (116kg), more than three times the weight doctors consider healthy for a boy his age.
Damien O'Brien, 40, and his wife Jessica O'Brien, 41, of Flint Township, were arraigned this week over the death of their son Casper, who stood 50.5 inches tall and was found unable to move inside a home that police described as a hoarding scene.
