
A Missouri mother has been arrested and charged with child abuse and kidnapping after allegedly zip-tying her 5-year-old son, severely beating him, and subjecting him to extreme punishments, including prolonged wall squats and starvation.
Authorities were alerted to the abuse on February 17, when a friend of Alease Teariel Chambers, 26, stayed overnight at her home in Florissant, Missouri, Fox 2 Now reported.