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Hypothetical scenario I am developing for a character I'm writing. I don't know if I am allowed to post such hypothetical scenarios here. If I am not, I'd appreciate if anyone could direct me to a place where I can.
I am in the process of writing a character named "Rose". Rose's parents abused and neglected her. They are meant to be in federal prison for life. I'll list what her parents did, and I hope someone with knowledge of the law can help answer.
Here is the description of every way they abused and neglected her:
This takes place in Maryland, USA.
I am in the process of writing a character named "Rose". Rose's parents abused and neglected her. They are meant to be in federal prison for life. I'll list what her parents did, and I hope someone with knowledge of the law can help answer.
Here is the description of every way they abused and neglected her:
- Instead of giving her a room, they made her sleep in a dark attic with no lights or windows. She used matches and candles to navigate the attic, and she slept on piles of clothes and towels. Obviously this attic had no air conditioning/heating for winter and summer months.
- Rose wasn't given clean clothing. Nor was she taken to the dentist/doctor.
- Rose wasn't given food. On one instance when she ate food without her parents' permission, her father commands her mother to retrieve her. Her mother drags her over to him, and tells her that she will never live to eat their food again, before stabbing her. They leave her bleeding on the kitchen floor, before realizing that they'd be arrested if she died. So they called 911 and lied that Rose attempted to "play surgeon" on herself. Because Rose was extremely young, she was too scared to tell the truth to the doctors. Rose has fainted from starvation before.
- Rose's parents burned her with lighters, slashed her with knives, and strangled her until she fainted.
- Rose's mother regularly pointed knives at her neck/chest and threatened to kill her with them.
- Rose's parents threatened her into not speaking up the abuse.
- Rose has been sent to the hospital 6 times due to the abuse. Every time her parents took her to the hospital, it was only because they feared being arrested if she died. They always lied to the doctors about how she got her injuries.
- Rose was 9 years old by the time CPS was called and her parents arrested.
This takes place in Maryland, USA.