Charges filed against family of starving teen

CHANDLER — Investigators say a passerby called authorities July 12 after spotting an emaciated teen near Chandler.

The 15-year-old boy was found living in a barn and eating sticks, leaves and grass to survive.

Court records show charges were filed Monday in Lincoln County against the boy's father, stepmother and two older brothers.

The boy's father was also charged with child abuse by injury and the stepmother with enabling child abuse by injury.

Lincoln County authorities say the teen weighed 80 pounds when he was discovered sharing a barn with goats, rabbits and chickens.