A Father & Step-mother Locked Their 9-year-old Outdoors in a Dog’s Kennel

The child told police he has been living there since spring

Pene Hodge
3 min readOct 28, 2022
Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash

Evil seems alive and well

A 9-year-old was locked outdoors in a dog kennel by his family.

As reported by the news, a father, a stepmother, and a step-aunt have all been arrested on child abuse and felony charges against their 9-year-old child.

It all came to a head when law enforcement received an anonymous 911 call on or about October 19th. The female who called stated that she and her husband had taken food to the unfortunate child locked in a dog’s kennel.

Reportedly, when authorities arrived, they found the cage with the poor child living inside or rather living outside. There officers found frost still on the ground from the previous night’s temperatures dip

Imagine how cold and lonely this little one must have been.

Law enforcement officials found a 9-year-old boy locked in a dog kennel outside his home in North Carolina. The boy reportedly told authorities he had been staying in the kennel since April because he did not have a room at the house that his father and stepmother shared.

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Pene Hodge

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