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PD: Couple beats 3-year-old, hangs him by feet, then buys pizza as boy dies
Author: The Associated Press
Published On: Nov 07 2014 12:28:36 PM CST Updated On: Nov 07 2014 01:31:00
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Authorities say a Pennsylvania couple struck a 3-year-old boy with a frying
pan, laughed as they hung him upside down and beat him, and eventually
inflicted so many injuries that he died in what a prosecutor described as an
"unspeakable act of depravity."
Jillian Tait, 31, and Gary Lee Fellenbaum, 23, were charged Thursday with
murder in the death of Tait's son, Scott McMillan, and aggravated assault in
the beating of his older brother.
Tait and Fellenbaum went car shopping, bought pizza and engaged in sexual
activity as the boy lay dying Tuesday after weeks of escalating abuse that
ended in three days of systematic torture, officials said.
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Investigators found no evidence that drugs or alcohol were involved.
"This is just evilness," said Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan
said. "It is an unspeakable act of depravity."
The couple met working at Wal-Mart and last month moved in together, along
with Fellenbaum's estranged wife. They lived with three children -- Tait's 6
- and 3-year-old sons and the Fellenbaums' 11-month-old daughter -- in a
mobile home park near Coatesville, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
The three adults told authorities that Scott McMillan had been whipped with
a metal rod, punched and hit with blunt and sharp objects, and taped to a
chair and beaten, police said in affidavits. The boy's dead body was covered
in bruises, lacerations and puncture wounds.
"During one incident," the affidavits say, "Gary hung Scott and (his older
brother) up by their feet one at a time and beat the boys while they were
hanging upside down. Jillian stated that she and Gary were laughing during
the incident."
Hogan called the case "an American horror story." He said late Thursday he
had not yet been notified of the couple having obtained lawyers.
Fellenbaum's 21-year-old estranged wife, Amber Fellenbaum, was charged with
child endangerment for allegedly failing to help the boy. She ultimately
called 911 Tuesday night, authorities said. By then, Scott had been
unresponsive for hours and had been put in a shower for more than 30 minutes
by his mother and her boyfriend, investigators said.
When the boy failed to awaken, they placed him on an uninflated air mattress
and went shopping, authorities said. The couple returned with a pizza and,
after eating, took a nap and engaged in sexual activity, according to Tait's
statement to police. Tait said she then checked on Scott and yelled for
someone to call 911 because he wasn't breathing.
Gary Fellenbaum severely beat the boy for refusing to eat toast both Monday
and Tuesday morning, authorities said. The "discipline" included throwing
him against a wall, knocking him off a chair with a punch and then taping
him to the chair to keep him upright for more beatings, police said.
The couple allowed Scott's brother to hit him as well, according to the
affidavit. But the older boy also showed signs of abuse, authorities said.
"It is going to take us years to put him back together again physically and
mentally," Hogan said.
There was no evidence the infant was harmed, authorities said. She and the 6
-year-old were placed in the custody of relatives, the prosecutor said.
Tait and Fellenbaum were being held without bail after their arraignments
Thursday. They are scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 14.
Amber Fellenbaum was being held on $500,000 bail. No attorney was listed in
court records.
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: PD: Couple beats 3-year-old, hangs him by feet, then buys pizza as boy dies
: Author: The Associated Press
: Published On: Nov 07 2014 12:28:36 PM CST Updated On: Nov 07 2014 01:31:00
: PM CST
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: Authorities say a Pennsylvania couple struck a 3-year-old boy with a frying
: pan, laughed as they hung him upside down and beat him, and eventually
: inflicted so many injuries that he died in what a prosecutor described as an
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