"Toddler John Doe" - 4 yo - Edmonson (NE of Bowling Green) KY

Edmonson KY ---- An area man was charged with first-degree
criminal abuse after allegations he kept a young child in a dog crate.Kentucky
State Police executed a search warrant on the Bee Springs, Ky., home of
49-year-old David Petty last Friday.Information from an
anonymous call to the Department of Community Based Services led police
to investigate allegations that Petty was beating his girlfriend's
4-year-old son with a wooden stick and locking the boy in an outdoor dog
crate at night.KSP took several items from Petty's home,
including a dog crate found in the back yard.Police said the boy
lived in Petty's home for the past four years with his mother and the
couple's three younger children.The boy's mother left the home
last week, taking the 4-year-old and a baby with her, leaving two
toddlers in the home with Petty.All four children are now in the
custody of the state.Petty was released from jail on Tuesday on a
$25,000 surety bond.Neighbors describe Petty as "strange," and
said they didn't see the couple's three children very often, and when
they did, the 4-year-old was not with them.

They should feed him dog food and put him in a dog crate...POS...The Mother should also be arrested and charged.....It's no longer just about the boyfriends, Moms need to wake up and protect their children...If they dont' then they need to be charged also...harsher punishments is the only thing I can see that will stop this madness....