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Abused 5-Year-Old Found in Fla. Home Weighing 25 Pounds, Step-Father Says 'He is Not My responsibility. I Come From a Rich and White Family'

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A Fla. step-father has been arrested in connection to a child abuse case where a severely neglected 5-year-old victim was discovered weighing just under 25 pounds.

Brian Hall, 29, who is married to the child’s mother Naomi Hall, is accused of doing nothing to help the severely neglected and abused child. The boy’s mother was arrested in relation to the case last week.

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According to WFTV, the Department of Children and Families investigators went to the Hall’s Daytona Beach home on June 28, where they discovered the 5-year-old on the living room floor. The young boy was extremely thin, seemed to be dehydrated and was trying to eat cereal scraps from the carpet.

The news station notes that a report detailed that the child’s hands and feet were orange in color and that the child had peeling skin and blisters.

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Naomi Hall reportedly admitted to investigators that she did not give the child, who has special needs, his prescribed medications and acknowledged that he went without food for three to four days at a time. Hall told investigators that she made no effort to feed the small child.

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The 5-year-old was not able to speak or stand, and weighed in at just 24.9 pounds, so underweight that he did not even register on the growth chart.

Naomi Hall, who is facing charges of child neglect causing great harm, also told the investigator that she would realize the boy was hungry when he would try to “chew on his hands” or by his facial expressions, since he was never taught to speak or communicate, according to police.

The report indicated that the child never received any investigation.

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When asked about the horrific treatment of the young boy, Brian Hall reportedly told investigators, “He is not my responsibility, I’m not his father, I come from a rich and white family.”

There is a special place in hell for some people, I swear.

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Brian Hall reportedly went as far as to point at the other two children living in the home who are his and said, “Those two are taken care of.”

He is currently facing charges of failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect. The other children were taken into custody by DCF.

As for the 5-year-old, he remains in an intensive care unit, where he is getting physical and speech therapy.

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Somehow, despite all that the 5-year-old had been through, a judge agreed to allow Naomi Hall supervised visitation with the child at the hospital.

Naomi Hall, who was released on $35,000 bond, appeared at her husband’s hearing in support of him. Brian Hall was also ultimately granted bond at $5,000.

Read more at WFTV.

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