“I gave my stepmother a good long complaint on how she treats me differently,” Stauffer said as she read from one of Calista’s letters, which was written in red crayon. “… I get hooked up to my bed with plastic-tie twisties. I have to put the chain under my blanket. … She is putting me deeper into my grave, and when she puts me to bed I feel blue and start crying.”
girl killed in fire chained to her bed with dog choke collar on, by parents.
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