Was Melvin Morse trying to induce a near-death experience when he water-boarded
his 11 year old stepdaughter?
Instead of just being a garden-variety violent father, was he also an evil nutcase trying to add to his case files of near death experiences in children? He's written two or three books on that subject, which I won't link to because I don't want to give him the free publicity.
The girl's 5 year old sister confirmed that she saw this happening to her sister.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120809/NEWS01/308090044/Child-endangerment-charges-tell-waterboarding-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
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.
The daughter told police she “could never understand what she did to be punished” and felt scared, court documents reported. Once, she said, her father told her he “was going to wrap her in a blanket and do it so that she could not move.” In another instance, she said Melvin Morse told her that “she could go five minutes without brain damage.”
“Melvin would sometimes look away while he did it and (redacted) would become afraid that he would lose track of time and she would die,” police wrote in court documents.
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