holy shit I just finished reading the story, and it brought tears to my eyes and so much anger. Its about a girl in texas that her parents locked her in a closet for years, didn't feed her, and pimped her to pedo's she was 8 years old and weighted as much as a 2 year old. Im beyond shocked

very long read, but must read

+ Show Spoiler +

In a photo of Lauren taken at Children’s Medical Center Dallas after her rescue on June 11, 2001, she had the skeletal look of a Holocaust survivor. She was no bigger than a 2-year-old, and hers was the worst case of child abuse in the hospital’s history. She also had teeth missing and genital abnormalities, and her body was trying to shut down. (Courtesy Photo)

http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2013_October/lauren/#.UztiwY1OXIU

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

April 02 2014 01:18 GMT

why would i wanna read that

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

April 02 2014 01:20 GMT

Thanks for linking this. Pretty sad story and that picture, wow

On April 02 2014 10:18 teddyoojo wrote:
why would i wanna read that

to get an even better idea of how cruel people can be?

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9172 Posts

April 02 2014 01:51 GMT

thanks for that -.-

at least spoiler the picture

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

April 02 2014 03:13 GMT

The title didn't rly prepare me for that

banjoetheredskin

United States744 Posts

April 02 2014 04:33 GMT

On April 02 2014 10:51 Scarecrow wrote:
thanks for that -.-

at least spoiler the picture

yeah that would be greatly appreciated :/

kushm4sta

United States8878 Posts

April 02 2014 05:38 GMT

i thought it was about a lesbian

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34491 Posts

April 02 2014 06:09 GMT

Well some people are fucked up.

TheEmulator

28089 Posts

April 02 2014 08:37 GMT

It's really disturbing that things like this happen in our world. Also fuck everyone involved with this, just sick.

nunun

Denmark181 Posts

April 02 2014 09:37 GMT

#10

Please spoiler picture, wasn't mentally prepared for this.

linkhimura

Argentina231 Posts

April 02 2014 10:16 GMT

#11

Can you spoiler the photo please?

I came here expecting something else, and I'm shocked...

Daumen

Germany1073 Posts

April 02 2014 10:38 GMT

#12

why do I check TL blogs while breakfasting?

Now I feel terrible :X

Ty for the recommendation though

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

April 02 2014 11:56 GMT

#13

So not going to read this.
Why would I? There's 7 billion people on this planet, and we get news from all over the world nowadays. It's just a matter of probability that there's some twisted, sick fuck out there doing something like that.
News like this are why my grandmother thinks that behind every bush there's a sex offender.

enord

France258 Posts

April 02 2014 12:29 GMT

#14

no read it

feel sad

knew the world is ugly already .. until someone does something to make it SEEM fun and joyful

humans are pets struggling to be more.. most of the time we fail

this just makes me want to save the world even more (if that was possible)

lantz

United States762 Posts

April 02 2014 14:06 GMT

#15

People that seek to read this kind of stuff then share it are slightly messed up themselves.

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

April 02 2014 14:24 GMT

#16

It was a good read. Her recovery was unexpected.

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9172 Posts

April 02 2014 15:17 GMT

#17

On April 02 2014 23:06 lantz wrote:
People that seek to read this kind of stuff then share it are slightly messed up themselves.

I assume they get some sort of kick out of the shock value/obscenity. It's terrible that these kind of horror stories happen but the coverage and sharing is done for the wrong reasons.

mAKiTO

Colombia4171 Posts

April 02 2014 15:24 GMT

#18

edited: spoiler the pic

and what the fuck no of course I didn't enjoy what happened to her or reading about it...sick

I found the article while browsing longreads.com and once I started reading it I had to finish it to see what was the outcome of all

AiurZ

United States429 Posts

April 02 2014 15:36 GMT

#19

i thought one of the most interesting and thought provoking parts of the article was the examination of the mother. the part where she's asking the other person to pray for her is a really powerful and confusing moment.

i dont think it's fair to think is just about something terrible that happened - i think they try to really look at a lot of different things and it challenged the way i initially thought about things.

i thought the article does a good job in trying to fairly portray everyone involved.