KRIS JONES, ALAN JONES

PARENTS CHARGED WITH TORTURE, CHILD ABUSE AFTER ALLEGEDLY FORCING KIDS TO EAT DOG FOOD AND MORE, KATV.COM

Wyoming, MI — Two Michigan parents were charged with child abuse Friday in what the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office alleges was torture that went on for over a decade. Parents charged with torture, child abuse after allegedly forcing kids to eat dog food (WWMT) Kris and Alan Jones were both arraigned on three counts of torture and three counts of child abuse. The judge denied bond. The couple's three adopted children endured the torture and abuse beginning in 2013, according to court documents. The children were forced to sleep in the garage in all-weather elements, the documents reveal. Kris would remove the carpet from the stairs so the children had to sleep on concrete. When the children were fed, documents said they were placed in a dog collar, forced to eat dog food with milk and oatmeal with hot sauce. One of the children caught eating food from the trash at school because she wasn’t being fed at home, court documents said. The kids were pushed down the stairs, held down punched and even choked, according to court records. “Very often in any type of child abuse, child sexual abuse, it's usually someone close to them, it is a parent, it’s a caregiver, it's a relative," Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said. When they acted out, the parents allegedly made them run miles as punishment. A neighbor close to the Hickory Ridge home, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she saw the kids taking laps around the house frequently and thought it was strange.