David Phillips (Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office).
An Alabama boy told deputies that his father repeatedly handcuffed him to a bed as punishment before leaving for work, saying his “daddy had put him in a timeout,” according to police.
When a Tuscaloosa County school system coordinator and sheriff’s deputies visited David Phillips’ Vance home to ask why his children had not been enrolled in school, they reportedly found “chains hanging from the bedframe and pills spilled on the floor under the bed,” according to court documents obtained by local NBC affiliate WVTM.
Phillips, 31, allegedly handcuffed and abused two of his children between July 10 and Aug. 17. An older child told investigators that her younger brother had been chained to a bedframe while their father went to work. She also said Phillips allegedly whipped her after she reported the abuse.
The school coordinator and deputies went to the home on Aug. 17 after learning that Phillips had not enrolled the children. The conditions they allegedly encountered led to a child abuse and neglect investigation.
An investigator reported seeing chains hanging from the bed and pills scattered across the floor. Deputies also allegedly found a handcuff secured to the younger child’s ankle, according to the court documents.
When questioned, the boy reportedly said his father had restrained him before leaving for work.
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“Daddy had put him in a timeout before he left for work and he was stuck to the bed,” the child said, according to the documents.
Phillips’ daughter told investigators that her father had repeatedly used handcuffs to punish her brother by fastening him to the bed over a period of several months, the court documents state.
She also told investigators that she had been cut off from friends and relatives, kept out of school and denied access to medical care.
According to the court documents, a report reviewed by an investigator identified torture among several diagnoses associated with physical and psychological abuse and neglect.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources took custody of both children the day after the Aug. 17 visit, WVTM reported.
Phillips is charged with torture, willful abuse of a child under 18 and aggravated abuse of a child under 6. He remains jailed without bond.
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