Father 逮捕（する）d after his mentally 無能にするd daughter, 15, 'was 設立する covered in feces and 重さを計るing just 35lbs'

  • Steve Sells, 58, was 逮捕（する）d on Monday after 関心d 親族s took his 厳しく 栄養失調の teenage daughter to hospital in Indiana
  • She 'was covered in feces and 重さを計るd the same as a five-year-old' and 当局 have said that her 条件 is life 脅すing
  • The dad-of-three 主張するd that the mentally-無能にするd teen is so small because of her 医療の 条件

By ASSOCIATED PRESS and MAILONLINE REPORTER

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Accused: Steve Sells has been arrested after his daughter was found severely malnourished

（刑事）被告: Steve Sells has been 逮捕（する）d after his daughter was 設立する 厳しく 栄養失調の

A father has been 逮捕（する）d after his mentally 無能にするd 15-year-old daughter was 設立する covered in feces and 重さを計るing just 35 続けざまに猛撃するs.

Father-of-three Steve Sells, 58, from Anderson, Indiana, was 逮捕（する）d on Monday night - but he 主張するd that his daughter was so small because of her 医療の 条件, 当局 said.

Family members had taken the girl to St. Vincent Hospital in Anderson on Monday afternoon. Doctors 接触するd police and she was then flown to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis for 治療.

当局 said her 条件 could be life 脅すing.

Anderson Police told Fox59 that the 十代の少年少女, who is mentally 無能にするd, was 厳しく 栄養失調の and covered in feces when she was taken to hospital.

She 重さを計るd just 35 続けざまに猛撃するs, which is the 普通の／平均（する） 負わせる of a five-year-old child.?

Neighbor Thomas McAllister told the 駅／配置する that Sells and his wife lived at the home with their three children.

He said that Sells had always given the impression he was a caring father.

'That is mind boggling,' he 追加するd. 'That is just disgusting and no child should have to go through anything like that.'

Sells' wife returned home on Monday evening but 辞退するd to speak to reporters, FOX59 said.?

'Cruel': Steve and Joetta Sells were granted custody in 2009 when their daughter, Crystal, abandoned her child

Family: He lives at the home with his wife Joetta (pictured) and his three children. His wife was questioned by police but so far he is the only person 逮捕（する）d in 関係 with the 事例／患者, police said

Sells was the only family member 逮捕（する）d, but other family members have been questioned, The IndyChannel 報告（する）／憶測d.??

The man 非難するd his daughter's low 負わせる on a 医療の 条件, Ander son Police 探偵，刑事 Joel Sandefur told?WTHR, but 'that has to be 調査／捜査するd to see if it's even plausible or not', he said.

The 探偵，刑事 did not 供給する any 詳細（に述べる）s about that or the nature of the girl's disability.?

'It's troubling to see a human 存在 扱う／治療するd in this manner, 特に when it's a family member of someone, someone's own child,' he 追加するd.

Scene: Sells, who lives at this Anderson home, said his daughter's weight was due to her condition

Scene: Sells, who lives at this Anderson home, said his daughter's 負わせる was 予定 to her 条件

Sells?will 直面するs 予選 child neglect 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s. He will likely 直面する more serious 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s if his daughter does not 生き残る her 傷害s.

He is 現在／一般に 存在 held on a 72-hour 持つ／拘留する and it is not （疑いを）晴らす whether he has an 弁護士／代理人／検事.??

Anderson is about 40 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

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