recover from the alleged abuse they suffered at the hands of their adoptive parents. john and sonia kluth are accused of beating, burning and forcing their 9, 11, and 15-year-olds to eat cat and dog food. other allegations include confining the older child in a plastic dog carrier, burning the kits tongues with a hot spoon for lying, beating them with a malette, a can opener, and the buckle end of a belt. the sheriff calls it the worst case of child abuse he s seen. he says all three kids have stunted growth and are illitera illiterate. the kluths were receiving $1500 per child each month, but those payments have stopped and the kluths are charged with three counts of child abuse and child neglect. they ve each been released on a $9,000 bond. earlier on the show we asked you to join the conversation on ali s blog about this abuse story. this abuse case. here are some of your comments. steve says
the usda apparently putting a dollar figure on this, telling us it costs parents more than $200,000 to raise one child. and that doesn t even include college. that is for the average middle income couple and it s 22% more in real dollars than parents spent back in 1960. next, let s talk about a dog gone rough fight. what is inside that dog carrier that forced a newark airplane to make a forced landing in pittsburgh? it was a whopping monstrous dog. i m totally kidding, this little thing was 12 pounds. a little terrier named mandy. mandy became agitated during the flight, bit a passenger who tried to calm her down. then broke out of that dog carrier you see there. ran down the aisle and bit a flight attendant.
the story involves this very, very handsome enormous irish setter, whose name is shameus, and it also involves that car. that wood panelled station wagon you see on your screen. it also involves a 12-hour drive from the boston area to ontario canadaan.i quote. the white chevy station wagon with the wood panelling was overstuffed with suitcases, supplies and sons when mitt romney climbed behind the wheel to begin the annual 12-hour family trek from boston to ontario. the destination for this journey in the summer of 1983 was his parent s cottage on the canadian shores of lake huron. before beginning the drive, mitt romney put seamus, the family s irish setter in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon s roof rack. he built a windshield for the carrier to make the ride more comfortable for a dog. it was what you would expect with five brothers packed into a wagon they called the white whale. tag romney was at the back window. dad, he yelled. gross, a brown liquid was dripping
of 12, were swept away. all their bodies have been recovered. an oklahoma sheriff says three children may never recover from the alleged abuse they suffered at the hands of their adoptive parents. they are accused of beating and burning and forcing their 9, 11 and 15-year-olds to eat cat and dog food. also, confining the oldest child in a plastic dog carrier, burning their tongs, beating them with a mallet and can opener. sheriff calls it the worst case of child abuse they have seen. he says all three kids have stunted growth and are aliterate. they were receiving $1500 per month per child a month and they are charged with three counts of child abuse and neglect. if you want to tell us about