A Utah woman who previously gave parenting advice on a YouTube channel has been charged with six felony counts of aggravated child abuse.
The Associated Press reported that Ruby Franke was arrested last week and taken into custody after her son allegedly escaped the house by climbing out of the window, asking a neighbor for food and water.
Franke, whose now-deleted YouTube channel “8 Passengers” recorded her family’s life with her six children.
“The neighbor saw duct tape on the boy’s ankles and wrists and called law enforcement, the affidavit said. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he was put on a medical hold “due to his deep lacerations from being tied up with rope and from his malnourishment,” arrest records state,” the outlet reported.
From Breitbart:
In a press release Thursday, Santa-Clara Ivins Public Safety said the person who initially called the agency claimed the child who asked for food and water appeared to be “emaciated and malnourished, with open wounds and duct tape around the extremities.”
