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Family Charged in Shocking Child and Animal Abuse Case | Joplin News
A 12-year-old girl, weighing just 50 pounds and barely 4 feet tall, was found after escaping a home where she’d been confined to a dog cage for up to two years and hadn’t attended school in five. Prosecutors now charge Crystal and Shane Ross and their adult daughters with felony child abuse and animal neglect after authorities uncovered 80+ neglected animals, piles of garbage, and horrific living conditions. The family claimed the girl’s behavior justified confinement, even though they had the option to place her in care. Police call this an extreme outlier — the worst child abuse case the…
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