DETROIT -- A picture of Charlie Bothuell V — the one of him in a buttoned-up, collared shirt and pinstriped suit, smiling at the camera — was repeatedly issued by Detroit police. The 12-year-old was ...

A father and stepmother accused of torturing and abusing their 12-year-old son in Detroit have escaped the most serious charge of torture after a district judge threw it out, the Detroit Free Press ...

*The Detroit boy found in his basement after a headline-making 11-day search told a judge Tuesday that his home was a “very terrible place” where he was beaten with a plastic pipe, forced to rise ...

DETROIT – Court records show 12-year-old Charlie Bothuell has told investigators he was abused and a medical examination has turned up signs of physical abuse. Those court records also show that the ...

The stepmother of a Detroit boy who went missing for 11 days before he was found in his dad's basement appeared in court Friday morning after her arrest a day earlier for parole violation. Monique ...