RALEIGH, N.C. - A couple accused of tying their 13-year-old son to a tree for two nights to punish him for disobedience has been charged with murder in his death, authorities said Friday.

Brice Brian McMillan, 41, of Macclesfield, told a deputy that the child was being disobedient and was forced to sleep outside Tuesday while tied to a tree, the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office said. The teenager was released Wednesday morning but again tied up that night for bad behavior, authorities said.

The boy was left tied to the tree until the following afternoon when his stepmother found him unresponsive, Sheriff James Knight said in a statement.

Dwight Jefferson, an emergency responder with Pinetops Rescue Squad who was first on the scene, said he did not know the cause of the child's death.

"What we found was a 13-year-old laying on the ground — CPR being done by his father," Jefferson said. "Then we took over."

Knight said the boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

It wasn't immediately clear what the couple used to allegedly tie up the boy.

McMillan and Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, 36, also have been charged with felony child abuse. Two other children at the home, ages 7 and 9, have been placed in the custody of the Department of Social Services, authorities said.

They are being held in the Edgecombe County Detention Center under no bond. The sheriff's office said they did not know if the couple had an attorney.

Macclesfield is about 20 miles southeast of Rocky Mount.

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What the fuck is wrong with some people..it's been in the hundred degree mark the past couple of days..if the kid was being that bad...my parents gave me this thing called a 'spanking' took away crap..and I eventually learned various things about not doing stupid shit from time to time. These parents should rot in prison without the possibility of EVER making fucking parole!! Fucking dumb asses!

6/13/2008 1:13:28 PM

stupid teenager

6/13/2008 1:13:48 PM

Let that be a lesson to the rest of you kids!

6/13/2008 1:15:32 PM

what killed him?

6/13/2008 1:18:10 PM

Probably dehydration or he had a heat stroke..the article doesnt really say....??

6/13/2008 1:20:56 PM

you're a little late, b.

6/13/2008 1:22:23 PM

Overnight would have been a pretty good punishment. They just forgot him during the day.

6/13/2008 1:24:24 PM

It would be funny if after he did whatever prompted this punishment, he was like "Oh shit! My parents are gonna kill me when they find out!"

6/13/2008 1:25:35 PM

whoa

a Wolfood98 thread that isn't about obama

6/13/2008 1:26:06 PM

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

i did some shit in edgecombe county last semester for 491d

ps- the princeville town manager got charged with some shit like 3 months ago but apparently the town still supports him

6/13/2008 1:26:19 PM

thats awesome.


Finally parents are standing up to the pussy ass youth in this country

6/13/2008 1:28:09 PM

maybe next time he'll listen...



ohh...


wait...

6/13/2008 1:29:34 PM

6/13/2008 1:29:43 PM

Bitches need some AKRITE

6/13/2008 1:33:38 PM

TIES

THEIR

6/13/2008 1:52:48 PM

if child spanking wasn't outlawed (outLAWD) then parents wouldn't have to resort to this crap killing their kids.

6/13/2008 2:45:35 PM

I AM SUPRISED NO ONE HAS BEEN LIKE "WELL IF HE HAD ACTED RIGHT HE WOULD NOT BE DEAD"

6/13/2008 2:48:01 PM

did they gag him too? because after about an hour or so of being tied to a tree, i'd have made some noise or something. surely neighbors would have heard, seen, and called somebody

6/13/2008 2:49:24 PM

i've actually SEEN a kid diciplined in this exact manner before. tied his ass to a tree for a night. in the front yard next to a busy road.

hey but at least their other kids will be cared for by the loving hands of the State from now on. Guaranteed to be model citizens now

6/13/2008 2:49:29 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_re_us/tied_to_tree;_ylt=AkdMJL.aqwM8riAVBBLJHJJvzwcF

new article dont know if theres any new info

6/14/2008 8:43:52 AM

Sounds like he passed out from heat stroke. What ever happened to a good ol' fashioned whoopin'?

6/14/2008 8:47:57 AM

6/14/2008 8:56:18 AM