By Jon Nielsen
DALLAS, May 15 (Reuters) – Officials with the Dallas County
medical examiner’s office said on Tuesday they have identified a
body found in a Texas creek bed in March as that of 10-year-old
Johnathan Ramsey, who police have said was apparently starved to
death by his parents.
Police began searching for the boy on March 30 after
Johnathan’s grandfather reported him missing.
The boy’s father and stepmother told police they punished
him for punching his pregnant stepmother in the stomach and
causing a miscarriage, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The pair locked Johnathan in a bedroom for months and fed
him only bread and water, the paper reported. Police believe he
died of starvation in August, the paper said.
The boy’s father, Aaron Ramsey, 34, and his stepmother,
Elizabeth Ramsey, 31, have been charged with injury to a child.
They both remained in the Dallas County Jail Tuesday, each
on $500,000 bond. A Dallas police spokesman could not be reached
for comment on Tuesday.
Ellis County Justice of the Peace Bill Woody has said the
medical examiner’s report listed the boy’s death as a homicide.
(Editing by Corrie MacLaggan and Todd Eastham)
