WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Nov. 3, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — A West Valley City man and his girlfriend have been charged with child torture, a first-degree felony, after his 5-year-old daughter was found to have severe malnutrition and growth failure.
The man, Daniel James Fivas, 32, reportedly took his daughter to Primary Children’s Hospital, and it was determined she had “potentially life-threatening symptoms of malnutrition,” says a news release issued by the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office.
The girl’s weight at hospital admission, on Aug. 30 of this year, “was that of a 16-month-old child,” the release says. The child wore clothing sized for a 2-year-old…