Woman forced 5-year-old stepson to sleep in a closet under the stairs and nearly starved him to death
The boy was just given a slice of bread to eat each day, and that too was taken away if he didn't eat it quickly
A 37-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after she starved her five-year-old stepson and forced him to sleep in a tiny closet under the stairs wearing just a diaper, according to reports.
The mother-of-seven, identified as Tammi Bleimeyer, was found guilty of injury to a child by omission on Friday for forcing Jordan Bleimeyer, now nine years old, to sleep in the dingy space, what the family called the "Harry Potter room." Jordan's father, Bradley Bleimeyer, pleaded guilty to the same charge in 2016 and was imprisoned for 15 years, reports state.
The incident first came to light in March 2014 when one of Bleimeyer's son, 16 years old at the time, reported her to authorities.