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Child endangerment charges tell of 'waterboarding'
Child endangerment charges tell of 'waterboarding'
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120809/NEWS01/308090044/Child-endangerment-charges-tell-waterboarding-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
A Georgetown pediatrician and his wife are facing felony charges after their 11-year-old daughter told police her father had repeatedly subjected her to “waterboarding” while her mother stood by.
Dr. Melvin L. Morse, 58, and his 40-year-old wife Pauline, of the 20000 block of Lewes-Georgetown Highway, were each charged with four felony counts of first-degree reckless endangering, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and felony conspiracy, said state police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier.
Their children, girls ages 5 and 11, are in the care of the state Division of Family Services, state police said.
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On Monday, the 11-year-old was interviewed by detectives and social workers. According to court documents, she told them that between May 2009 and May 2011 her father had disciplined her by what he called “waterboarding” — holding the daugther’s face under running water, causing the water to fill her nostrils and over her face.
She told police it had happened at least four times — using the kitchen sink, bathroom sink and bathtub faucet, according to court records.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120809/NEWS01/308090044/Child-endangerment-charges-tell-waterboarding-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
A Georgetown pediatrician and his wife are facing felony charges after their 11-year-old daughter told police her father had repeatedly subjected her to “waterboarding” while her mother stood by.
Dr. Melvin L. Morse, 58, and his 40-year-old wife Pauline, of the 20000 block of Lewes-Georgetown Highway, were each charged with four felony counts of first-degree reckless endangering, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and felony conspiracy, said state police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier.
Their children, girls ages 5 and 11, are in the care of the state Division of Family Services, state police said.
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On Monday, the 11-year-old was interviewed by detectives and social workers. According to court documents, she told them that between May 2009 and May 2011 her father had disciplined her by what he called “waterboarding” — holding the daugther’s face under running water, causing the water to fill her nostrils and over her face.
She told police it had happened at least four times — using the kitchen sink, bathroom sink and bathtub faucet, according to court records.