US parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 116kg

The parents of a seven-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 116 kilograms (255 pounds) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said.
“Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said on Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.”
Casper O’Brien died in November after first responders were called to the family’s home in Flint because he had stopped breathing, prosecutors said.
His...