Benton County couple in custody for torturing, beating family; four-year-old dies (KCRG-TV)

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TL;DR, a Christian couple in Missouri tourtured their neighbours with three children for two weeks because they alleged the mother was possessed by demons.

The family was threatened with murder by gun while the torture went on. Their four-year old child was killed by exposure in a pond then left to freeze to death. The other two children were also beaten along with their mother and father. The mother and one child are still in the hospital.

The father shares the same last name with the neighbours, but it it not known whether they are related.