MACCLESFIELD, NC: McMILLANS TIE SON TO TREE, CHARGED WITH MURDER

Brice and Sandra McMillan tied their son to this tree until he died!


This undated police handout, shows 36-year-old Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, who along with Brice Brian McMillan, have been charged with murder and felony child abuse Friday, June 13, 2008, after the Macclesfield N.C., couple, allegedly tied their 13-year-old son to a tree for two nights as a punishment for disobedience.
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Couple Charged With Tying Son To Tree
N.C. Parents Charged With Murder For Leaving Son, 13, On Tree For 2 Nights
TARBORO, N.C., June 16, 2008

(AP) A couple accused of killing their 13-year-old son by tying him to a tree for two nights for punishment appeared in a North Carolina courtroom Monday to face charges of murder and felony child abuse.

Attorneys appeared Monday with Brice Brian McMillan, 41, and his wife Sandra Elizabeth McMillan, 36, of Macclesfield.

"It's a sad case," defense attorney Allen Powell, who represents Brice McMillian, said after the hearing. He declined any further comment, and the two did not enter a plea.

The county sheriff's office has said Brice McMillan told a deputy the teen was being disobedient and was forced to sleep outside last Tuesday while tied to a tree. The teen was released Wednesday morning, but again tied up that night for bad behavior.

Sheriff James Knight has said the boy was left tied to the tree until the following afternoon, when his stepmother found him unresponsive. Authorities believe the boy was bound to the tree with plastic ties and possibly other kinds of material.

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