A mother and father were arrested over the alleged neglect of their children after their 9-year-old son died in South Carolina last month. Katie Hill Hefner and Rick Elliott Adkins are both charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office. They were arrested after deputies responded to a report of their 9-year-old unresponsive at a Fort Lawn home on September 20, the sheriff’s office said in a Friday, October 9, news release. The boy was taken to a medical center and declared dead. Parents of Boy With Cockroaches i...
Parents Neglected Boy Who Vomited for 4 Days, Then Died: Sheriff's Office
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Oct 14, 2026 • 2 weeks ago
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