David and Vanessa Hall have been accused of child abuse after doctors learned their autistic son was severely malnourished. (Courtesy of Longmont Police Department)By the time David and Vanessa Hall brought their autistic son to the hospital last week, the 17-year-old weighed just 88 pounds. David Hall told doctors at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colo., that he thought his son was suffering from the flu and had lost 10 to 15 pounds in recent days. Neighbors told the Times-Call that the teenager was rarely seen outside the trailer where the family lives, and some suspected he was home-schooled. … they went to the hospital,” Bud Burrows, another neighbor, told the paper.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2016 16:39 UTC