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Parents charged with murder of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds Parents charged in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds When the boy died, he weighed 255 pounds. Investigators say he was bedridden, neglected, and living in complete filth. The Brief A 7-year-old boy is dead and his Flint-area parents are facing murder charges. Casper O'Brien was found neglected and weighing 255 pounds, bedridden. His parents, Damien and Jessica O'Brien, are charged. The boy's 5-year-old sister was rescued from the filthy home. FOX 2 - After the death of an obese 7-year-old from suspected neglect, the parents have been charged with murder in a heartbreaking case near Flint. The backstory: Their son, Casper O'Brien, was bedridden, unable to speak, and weighed 255 pounds when first responders were called to the family's home. Warning: The details of this story are difficult to hear. FOX 2 was provided the only recent photo of 7-year-old Casper O'Brien. When he died, he weighed 255 pounds. Investigators say he was bedridden, neglected, and living in complete filth. David Leyton is the Genesee County prosecutor. "The paramedics went into the house to try to revive the child, and the towns…

7-year-old Michigan boy weighing 115kg dies, his parents charged with murder According to the criminal complaints, the parents failed to take Casper for treatment even though the family had health care.

Michigan parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who ... The Genesee County Courthouse is shown in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) This photo provided by the Office of the Genesee County Sheriff in Flint, Mich., shows Damien O’Brien. (Office of Genesee County Sheriff via AP) This photo provided by the Office of the Genesee County Sheriff in Flint, Mich., shows Jessica O’Brien. (Office of the Genesee County Sheriff via AP) The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds (116 kilograms) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. “Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.” Casper O’Brien died last November after first responders were called to the family’s home in Flint because he’d stopped breathing, prosecutors said. His parents — Damien O’Brien, 40, and Jessica O’Brien, 41 — have each been charged with second-degree murder, torture and three counts of second-degree child abuse. The couple were arraigned last week and are being held on no b…

Michigan parents charged with murder after their 7-year-old son dies ... Two Flint Township, Michigan, parents, are facing several charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of their 7-year-old son, who was 255 pounds and abused and neglected, according to the Genesee County prosecutor. Paramedics responded to a home in Flint Township on Nov. 4, 2025, for a report that the boy, identified as Casper O'Brien, was having difficulty breathing, according to CBS News affiliate WNEM , which cited a criminal complaint. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said in an interview with WNEM that the house was filled with "everything you can imagine" and police reported they couldn't go inside because the paramedics were taking up the available space. He added that there was a 5-year-old girl running around without any clothes on. "It was just one of the most unbelievable scenes, that the police have seen, that I've reviewed in my 22 years as prosecuting attorney," Leyton said. A home in Flint Township, Michigan, that paramedics responded to on Nov. 4, 2025, after a 911 caller reported a child was having trouble breathing. WNEM The paramedics found Casper O'Brien was in distress an…

US parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 116kg The parents of a seven-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 116 kilograms (255 pounds) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. “Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said on Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.” Casper O’Brien died in November after first responders were called to the family’s home in Flint because he had stopped breathing, prosecutors said. His...

Parents charged with murder after obese son, 7, died at 255 pounds ByWILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published:15:45 EDT, 26 June 2026|Updated:16:15 EDT, 26 June 2026 1k Viewcomments Two Michigan parents are facing murder charges after their seven-year-old son died of heart failure weighing 255 pounds. Damien O'Brien, 40, and his wife Jessica O'Brien, 41, were also hit with child abuse and torture charges after their son Casper died from 'extraordinary, terrible neglect', prosecutors say. The seven-year-old had allegedly never been to school and had only ever visited the doctor once, with his parents keeping him in their run-down 'hoarder' home in Flint Township,Michigan. Police said they responded to a 911 call at the 'absolutely disgusting' home on November 4, 2025, and found Casper suffering from a medical emergency in a makeshift bed that four family members slept in together. The boy died in hospital a short time later, and a medical report said his cause of death was dilated cardiomyopathy, a heart failure disease, with morbid obesity as a contributing cause. The medical report listed Casper as weighing 255 pounds at just four-feet-two-inches tall.  An average …

Parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 ... Prosecutors in Michigan say the parents of a 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds when he died have been charged with murder The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds (116 kilograms) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. “Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.” Casper O'Brien died last November after first responders were called to the family's home in Flint because he'd stopped breathing, prosecutors said. His parents — Damien O’Brien, 40, and Jessica O’Brien, 41 — have each been charged with second-degree murder, torture and three counts of second-degree child abuse. The couple were arraigned last week and are being held on no bond in jail in Genesee County, about an hour's drive northwest of Detroit. A probable cause hearing is set for Thursday. The child, who was 4 feet, 2.5 inches (128 centimeters) tall, was medically classified as obese, according to the Genesee County Medical Examiner’s report. H…

Flint Twp. 7-year-old dies weighing 255 lbs.; parents charged with 2nd ... Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Flint Twp. parents charged after death of their son FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - The parents of a 7-year-old boy who weighed more than 200 pounds when he died face murder, child abuse and torture charges. The case began to unfold on Nov. 4, 2025, when a 911 call was made for a young boy in distress at a Flint Township home. He was rushed to a hospital, but he died. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton charged 40-year-old Damien O'Brien and his wife, 41-year-old Jessica O'Brien, with second-degree murder following the death of their 7-year-old son Casper. The boy was 50.5 inches tall and weighed 255 pounds when he died. "On the face of it, this is cruel and extreme suffering from this child caused by the neglect of the parents," Leyton said. Flint Township Police came to the home on Dania for a report of a child in distress. Casper was taken to Hurley Medical Center, where he died a short time later. The cause of death was dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes heart failure, with a contributing cause being…

Michigan parents face charges in death of 7-year-old who weighed 255 pounds <p>Months after a 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds died in Michigan, his parents face murder and child abuse charges, court documents say.</p>

Michigan parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds <p>The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said.</p>