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Minnesota officials: Starving of boy "egregious"

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MINNEAPOLIS Officials are asking a judge to terminate the parental rights of a Minnesota couple accused of starving one of their four children, saying the 8-year-old boy suffered egregious harm and it's not in the best interest of any child to be in their care. The boy, who weighed less than 35 pounds last month, was released from the hospital Wednesday, Mayo Clinic officials said Thursday. He's now in foster care, and his siblings remain with their parents, Russell and Mona Hauer. The Hauers, of North Mankato, are charged with six felonies, including neglect and malicious punishment of a child. Authorities said they spanked the boy with a 2-by-4, made him sleep in a sled because he wet the bed and put an alarm on his door so he would not steal food.

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Mona Hauer

Overall Sentiment: -0.0139654

Relevance: 0.776686

Jason Kohlmeyer

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.734241

Sentiment	Quote
0.160147	"They absolutely want him back," Kohlmeyer said. ...
-0.338022	"Looking back, it was a terrible mistake," Kohlmeyer said. ...
0.118854	"Looking back, it was a terrible mistake," Kohlmeyer said. "They vastly underestimated his mental health problems... They tried the best they could."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 3 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.059021 Mean: -0.019673666666667 Standard Deviation: 1

Russell Hauer

Overall Sentiment: -0.030904

Relevance: 0.522399

Marc Chadderdon

Overall Sentiment: -0.0469387

Relevance: 0.499037

Sentiment	Quote
0	"He was treated like an animal," said Nicollet County Sheriff's Investigator Marc Chadderdon.
0.0629451	"As an adult, I feel you have every right to do what you want, but with a child that has some issues ahead of him, at some point as an adult you have an obligation to provide medical care," Chadderdon said. ...
0.0630668	"As an adult, I feel you have every right to do what you want, but with a child that has some issues ahead of him, at some point as an adult you have an obligation to provide medical care," Chadderdon said. "Even if he has mental issues or whatnot, you have to feed him."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 3 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1260119 Mean: 0.042003966666667 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Ann Winch

Overall Sentiment: 0.114805

Relevance: 0.397477

Sentiment	Quote
-0.201026	"There was never any sign of any abuse of any nature," Winch said. ...
0.180402	"There was never any sign of any abuse of any nature," Winch said. "They are a very loving family. They care for their kids, no doubt."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.020624 Mean: -0.010312 Standard Deviation: 0

Russell

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.356701

Mona

Overall Sentiment: -0.334371

Relevance: 0.356302

Todd Westphal

Overall Sentiment: -0.037614

Relevance: 0.346084

Minn.

Overall Sentiment: -0.623541

Relevance: 0.254326

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StateOrCounty: Minnesota

Overall Sentiment: -0.66972

Relevance: 0.441454

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

• Minnesota
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• Minnesota: freebase
• Minnesota: umbel
• Minnesota: opencyc
• Minnesota: yago

Region: North Mankato

Overall Sentiment: -0.458521

Relevance: 0.386766

City: MINNEAPOLIS

Overall Sentiment: -0.0205628

Relevance: 0.36779

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | PlaceWithNeighborhoodsReferences:

• Minneapolis, Minnesota: dbpedia
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: freebase
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: geonames
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: census
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: yago

City: Mankato

Overall Sentiment: -0.0199944

Relevance: 0.302002

Disambiguation: References:

• Mankato, Minnesota
• Mankato, Minnesota: dbpedia
• Mankato, Minnesota: freebase
• Mankato, Minnesota: geonames
• Mankato, Minnesota: census
• Mankato, Minnesota: yago

Facility: Mayo Clinic

Overall Sentiment: 0.0343095

Relevance: 0.35583

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