COLUMBIANA, Ala. — An adult sued the foster parents of his younger brother, claiming he nearly died after they put him in “forced isolation” in a locked basement and fed him only once a day for two years so that he weighed only 47 lbs. at 14 years old, in Shelby County Court, Alabama.
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