A Utah father and his girlfriend are behind bars after they allegedly starved a 5-year-old girl to the point where she had to resort to eating her own feces and other non-food items such as Play-Doh.
David Fivas, 32, and Jessica Harmes, 44, stand accused of child torture, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, the West Valley City Police Department began investigating on Aug. 30 after Fivas brought the 5-year-old girl to the hospital because she was “not gaining weight and would eat her own feces.” Fivas allegedly said he gained custody of the girl when she was about 15 months old and has “steadily decreased on the growth chart.”
Doctors noted the girl weighed about the same as a typical 16-month-old child. But after more than two weeks in the hospital with “consistent, scheduled meals” she gained nearly 9 pounds, the affidavit said…