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A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he’d been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time locked in a bedroom closet, police said Monday.

security guard at a National Guard facility in Oklahoma City called police on Friday after the teen showed up malnourished and with numerous scars and other signs of abuse, police Sgt. Gary Knightsaid.

“He was hungry. He was dirty. He had numerous scars on his body,” Knight said. “It was very sad.”

The boy was taken to a hospital to be examined and then turned over to the custody of the Department of Human Services, Knight said.

After police interviews, officers on Saturday arrested the boy’s mother, 37-year-old LaRhonda Marie McCall, and a friend, 38-year-old Steve Vern Hamilton, on 20 complaints each of child abuse and child neglect. Formal charges have not been filed, and both were being held on $400,000 bond, according to jail records.

Jail officials were not sure wheter either had retained an attorney, and no one answered the phone at McCall’s home. A police report listed McCall as a pharmaceutical company employee and Hamilton as a cab driver.

The teen, wearing only a pair of oversized shorts held up by a belt, walked up to a security guard at the Guard facility around 5 p.m. Friday and asked where a police station was located so he could report being abused, according to a police report.

He told police that scars on his stomach and torso were from where alcohol had been poured on him and set on fire. Other scars were from being tied up, hit with an extension cord and choked, the boy told police.

“He had scars covering most of his body,” Knight said. “They were basically from head to foot.”

The teen told police he moved to the Oklahoma City area from New Jersey about 4 1/2 years ago after his mother was released from jail. Since arriving in Oklahoma, he said, he had never been to school and spent most of his time locked in a bedroom closet.

He told police the closet door was mostly blocked with a stepladder or a bed and that he managed to push the door open enough to escape and leave the house.

Knight said six other children living at the home were taken into DHS custody, but none showed signs of abuse. McCall had lived at several different addresses in the Oklahoma City area, he said.

A DHS spokeswoman said she could not discuss specific cases but generally an investigation would be conducted before any of the children are returned to the home or placed with other family members.

“There may be family members, but we do a diligent search, and we’re very careful about placing kids in a safe environment,” DHS spokeswoman Beth Scott said.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    She must have really disliked this boys father

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/malika56/ malika56

    she need her a$$ whipped, a mother is supposed to protect her children, not cause harm, nor make a defference in the child, because of the father,[if thats the case]this child didnt ask to be here, so if u didnt want him u should not of had him, or she should of turned him over to someone who will love and protect him!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Between the ages of 8 to 13 years old I was beaten severely,locked in a pantry, tied up by mÝ stepfather.my mother watched and stabbed me,she also wa selling me to a male friend of hers that worked in a xray room at a hospital who would molest me during his lunch hour in the xray room.this same hospital is where I receive medical care for the past 24 years for liver,lung,and kidney disease with other chronic diseases.I escaped and lived in the street until I was old enough to join the army.I’m 55 years old now and still have’nt forgot not one thing that happened to me.some people should’nt be aloud to be in charge of any children.during that time I was never taken to the hospital.my mother was a nurse and her husband also worked at that hospital, that is where they met.hate, anger and rage is how I survived,that is where I got mÿ strength everytime I looked in a mirror and saw my swollen eyes,which is why I missed months of school at a time, they told me that if I told anyone they would’nt believe me, and no one would help me, they were right no one helped me, and I was a child sleeping in hallways and abandoned cars. That’s why I don’t have any one but my wife, she is the only person on this earth that I trust.this child is going to need years of therapy.I see a therapist and a psychiatrist now for the past three and a half years.he needs to have someone he can trust.he needs to hear the truth from people and should stay away from liars.he needs to allowed to accomplish things for his self.he has a long way to come back from,and he has to be allowed to be angry at the people that did this to him. None of that she is still your mother bulls**t that women try to use on you because she is a woman.she is evil and he knows that, telling him anything other than that will confuse him and cause very bad mental problems. I wish him well and I hope all, the know it all people are kept away from him, mainly know it all women, who will only make it worse.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    these are some sick people out here.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    The Big *THUMBS UP* @ gren1shaw2 power to a “REAL BLACK MAN”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladyiska/ ladyiska

    just sik! i hope she gets all the time they can give her…and her man and any adult involved in this ishhhhhhhhh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lots-o-Junk/ Lots-o-Junk

    @ DJ Rock… what does hating the boys father have to do with her abusing the son?

    @ Gren1shaw2 – Wow… you are overcoming alot. May God continue to stregthen you

    This is a sad story, and yes I hope the state lets that boy get lots adn lots of therapy… Scars for life…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PRTYBRN/ PRTYBRN

    @Lots-o-Junk: I have seen kids mistreated by one parent because they had beef with the other parent. I favor my father so whenever my step-mother was upset with him she mistreated me or told me get out of her face because it was like looking at him.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Thank U @ PRTYBRN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cobiisoulful/ Cobiisoulful

    So people is saying this doesn’t matter because there are more abusers out there and what not or because they’ve been in a personal situation where they was mistreated by their parents. Well it’s only ignorant for the world NOT to know. This boy was one of the millions that was abused and it’s a BLESSING to have this story told because he came out of the situation alive and able to talk about it. People need to know the importance of news. I’m glad this boy was able to tell this story so it could be heard. And I’m glad that this story was published because most people aren’t aware of this stuff! If stories like these were kept who would’ve known help was around and hope is alive. Bless you gren1shaw2.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/justineclayton/ justineclayton

    grenshaw..i am so sorry…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msveevee1/ msveevee1

    The devil and demons are alive and devouring souls everyday. Which is a shame b’cuz it mainly affects the young, defensless and trustworthy children that for one, didn’t ask to be here and for two, are trusting especially the ppl that brought them into the world. If you can’t trust them, then who can you trust? Not another living soul. The Divine Being is the only One. But who is going to bring lost and confused souls to God if you can’t even trust the ppl that brought you into the world? God’s chosen ones, that’s who. So I pray that he finds a real strong spiritual person that is well and deeply grounded in the TRUTH b’cuz that is what he’s gonna need to heal and especially forgive his perpetrators. Gren1shaw, I also hope and pray that although as horrific of an ordeal you’ve been through, you have also learned to forgive those who have wronged you too. When you don’t, it blocks you’re blessings b’cuz for the Heavenly Father to forgive you for whatever sins you have done or will do, you have to also forgive your debtors. I’m sure ALL of us has someone that has wronged us in our lives that we MUST forgive. I, too have gone through a tramatic ordeal growing up (nothing like that though) and I am still in the process of forgiving my many debtors. It’s hard, but if I know that just me forgiving these messed up and demonic souls will assure me that God has favor in me and it’s causing me to my full prosperous blessings be blocked, then I would rather let it go and let God. It’s not worth the pain and strain that it causes on your mind, body and soul. May God bless be with all of you. It’s time to get on God’s side forreal yall.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/thatgurlty/ thatgurlty

    YOUR AN EVIL B*T*H HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR CHILD TO ANY CHILD YOUR FAT ASS AINT STARVE I HOPE THEY F*C* YOU UP IN JAIL!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    There’s a closet waiting on her fat ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Holyghostgirl24/ Holyghostgirl24

    How can a person call themselves a parent, and do something like that to their child? I would never hurt my children or anyones elses! Thats just sad and sick! I pray that GOD have mercy on her soul!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Florida_Bwoi/ Florida_Bwoi

    I know what its like 2 be abused and neglected, so much that im all choked up now reading this boy’s story and grenshaw’s. It brings tears 2 my eyes and it hurts me 2 my heart. Bless u grenshaw and the boy in the article. I hope so much that u heal…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msdiscreet6/ msdiscreet6

    That poor baby. This story brought tears to my eyes. There is no reason for anyone to be treated like this!! Children should only be loved, never abused. I hope he is placed in a good home where he can get the love and support he so deserves and seems to have never gotten. I pray he finds peace and happiness!! God bless the child……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Complex_Crazy_Beauty/ Complex_Crazy_Beauty

    This is so so sad. I hope that he will be able to grow up and live a normal life but the odds are not good. His mother should spend the rest of her life in jail.Seriously! People are crazy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/warchild2000/ warchild2000

    i hope dey put dat b***h UNDER the Prison. dat dude shusd get da shyt beat outta him. the same way they did the lil homie. man, if only i cud tell ha much dat shytr burns. i feel his pain…i know he mental struggle…his scars are my own…his pain is deep within my heart…i wnet thru it, too…i feel the pain from it all styl….jusr reading that has made my back, my arms, my legs, my eintire body feel the pain i felt then…my scars r styl visible…tears will fall from my eyes for the lil homie…God saved him…God saved him…..God saved him…..thank you Father…..U saved him…child abuse…u beat ur kids…and u’ve captured Jesus, and you are beating him, the same way the Romans did before they crucified Him. but, as Jesus rose from ther dead, so did i. and so will the lil homie. God save him…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/amyee81/ amyee81

    There are some mothers in the world who only target one or more of their children to inflict abuse on. I hope this child grows up to be loved and live happily or safe ever after. She had better be glad though, that I wasn’t her neighbor. I probaly would be some where asking GOD to forgive for what I did to her. I detest child abusers.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROBINSONFIELDS/ CAROBINSONFIELDS

    Give her life or death. Eff her!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MizzB4/ MizzB4

    I don’t hate people….but B***HES like that make me want to choke the s**t out of them. How in the hell could you do something like that to your own child, hell any child for that matter. I think in cases like this, everyone should get together and STONE HER stupid ass, when is the CHILD ABUSE going to ever end?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/niecybelle699/ niecybelle699

    naw she need life in jail so every day she could think about what she did…

    i mean, its not like she has to have this kid, she could have giving him up to the state.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smileofsunshine1/ smileofsunshine1

    THIS IS DISGUSTING WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU DO THIS TO YOUR CHILD. UNFORTUNATELY THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME IVE HEARD ABOUT THIS. A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS LOCKED IN A CLOSET AND NOT FED, SHE WAS THERE SO LONG THAT HER SKIN HAD BECOME SCALE LIKE FROM MALNURISHMENT. THE NEIGHBORS DIDNT EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A CHILD IN THE HOME..PEOPLE ARE GOING CRAZY…MAKES ME REALLY THINK IF I WANT TO EVEN HAVE KIDS..WHY BRING THEM INTO A WORLD LIKE THIS..THEY BOTH NEED TO BE GIVEN LIFE OR THE DEATH PENALTY…DONT WASTE TIME WITH HER IN A CELL JUST GIVE HER THE INJECTION…I HOPE HE FINDS HIS WAY AND DOESNT LET THIS BAD ACT HOLD HIM BACK FROM LOVING OTHERS AND ALLOWING THEM TO GET CLOSE AND LOVE HIM THE WAY HE DESERVES

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/elitewoman30/ elitewoman30

    I pray that they get alot of time for that crime…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladywild/ ladywild

    This is pure wickedness. She could’ve gave him up for adoption if she didn’t want him. These type of people take pleasure in having power over the helpless and torturing them. She needs to get life in prison. GOD bless this poor child.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charmed2Def/ Charmed2Def

    Maybe he tried coming out of the closet but was mad embarrassed so he stayed in.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JASMYNE18/ JASMYNE18

    THATS A DAMN SHAM GIVE THAT B***H LIFE IN PRISON

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrszquona/ mrszquona

    THEY NEED TO B CRUCIFIED BOTH OF THEM

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I agree with you smileofsunshine1…this sh*t is so sad.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaliMaat/ KaliMaat

    Thats a typical black women for ya-dont wanna deal with they own children. Kill em b4 they’re born, throw them into the system or this. Nuttin outside the norm. Alot of you so called women need to go kill ya damn selves. Look at her face real good-this is the face of too many black women-usually the ones of the sons who end up shot, in jail, raped or murderers or on or selling drugs. And then again-alot of you look like business women going to a 9-5 everyday-but this is what your soul looks like-dead and gone.

    Naam!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iRockiStar84/ iRockiStar84

    What the hell is wrong with people!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hokage-Sama69/ Hokage-Sama69

    this biitch is f**ked up she needs to die.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Deziree_07/ Deziree_07

    This is down right sad!! How can a mother do this to her child? The boy has never been to school and he’s 14??? Maybe she should be locked in a closet, beaten and set on fire for four damn years and see how the f*ck she feels. This crap pisses me off and saddens me at the same time. Lord help him and have mercy. God will take care of her and sees that she neva harms another child again.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eternally_sexy/ eternally_sexy

    i think this is a damn shame .anyone who does s**t like this .there should be a law to make them have a hysterectomy
    cuz they dont diserve children
    i have 4 kids i raise on my own .
    never would i ever hurt any of them
    this is the behavior of a wild damn animal not a mother
    hell even some wild animals have more f ing compassion than this chick.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/derionne1/ derionne1

    i kno dis story is old but u kan never get tired of hearin stories like dis……… as 4or ma comment her ass need 2 b under da jail dispite of wat father have done no child shudn’t have 2 go through dat. Every parent knows da limitation on how 2 whip and handle deir child wen dey did sum10 worng but if u deciede 2 choose a nigga over ur own flesh and blood u nuttin but a lousy ass woman.C niggas kum and go but ur children r 4ever. dey r ur pride and joy so cherish dem till da fullest.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PineBluffHottie/ PineBluffHottie

    FIRST OF ALL KALIMAAT I AM A SINGLE BLACK MOTHER AND I TAKE DAMN GOOD CARE OF BOTH OF MY CHILDREN I WOULD NEVER HARM ANY CHILD YET ALONE MY OWN SO U NEED TO TAKE DAT BULLSHYT COMMENT N SHOVE IT UP UR MUDAFUKN ASS!!!! THAT REALLY PISSED ME OFF BECUZ HERE I AM 23 WIT A 7YR OLD N 4YROLD WHOM I HAVE SOLE CUSTODY OF N BOTH OF MY CHILDREN R WELL TAKEN CARE OF N LOVED N SHOWED LOVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THEIR LIVES!!! NOW AS FAR AS DIS STUPID BYTCH SHE DONT REPRESENT BLACK WOMEN SHE REPRESENTS A PEICE OF SHYT LOW DOWN DIRTY NASTY NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! SHE DONT NEED TO BE ALLOWED TO BE AROUND NE CHILD SHE DESERVES TO ROT N PRISION N THEY SHUD THROW AWAY DA FUKKN KEY DAT CHILD DIDNT ASK TO BE HERE UGHH U TRIFLIN BIOTCH SOMEBODY SHUD TORTURE HER DUMB ASS DA WAY SHE DID DAT POOR BABY!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Simply08Divine/ Simply08Divine

    i agree with PineBluffHottie!!! KALIMAAT U NEED TO LET UP ALOT!! NOT COOL!! U TRYIN TO CLASSIFY THE BLACK WOMAN!! NEWSFLASH WE ARE NT THE SAME!! U MITE HAVE HAD ISSUES WIT YO OWN MA…BT I HAVE A GOOD MOTHA..WHO LOVES ME N ONLY WANTS THE BEST FOR HER CHILDREN. U NEED TO C A PSYCHIATRIST!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bladez321/ Bladez321

    Wow any one who would abuse their own child in this manner I don’t care who you are I believe the American justice system should have a place just for them. Truthfully I believe in some cases that some type of torture should be brought upon people who abuse a child to that extent you should be punished . If a childs life is at stake I believe that the person bringing harm to the child should feel the same pain . Disciplining and abuse are Two different things there is a very thin line between the two . If you were not brought up in that kind of enviroment why do that to your children acts like this can mentally and physically scar a child .

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