The horrifying details of how a disabled 13-year-old girl in North Carolina was tortured for days allegedly by her adoptive father before her body was discarded in 2011 have been revealed. The remains of Erica Parsons were discovered in the Pageland Mount Croghan area of South Carolina in September after her adoptive father, Sandy Parsons, boasted in prison about where they were hidden. The girl who was developmentally disabled and partially deaf was reported missing in July 2013 by her adoptive older brother, James Parsons. Erica was then sent to live with Casey and Sandy Parsons when she was five months old. Ashley testified that Casey Parsons despised Erica's birth mother, which was why she did not bond with the child.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 03, 2016 21:30 UTC