If the young 19 yr old doesn't survive it will be murder charges. Says she wasn't doing too well. 15 yrs in jail for something like this sounds like a slap on the wrist. He should be getting nothing less than life, wish I was the judge who sentences him. Why not throw him in the basement where his daughter was imprisoned for the rest of his life...isn't that just punishment.

I am so sick and tired of reading about kids being abused by their parents. It seems the father is mostly the guilty one of beating their daughters too often, corporal punishment is supposed to be abolished yet some parents don't hesitate to discipline their kids this way. No way would I ever let my husband use corporal punishment on my daughters or son, I would be the one having him put in jail. Neglecting children on the other hand is just as bad.

How could the mother of this poor girl have missed the signs that must have been present before the fact? Unless she did observe something and was glad the daughter had escaped, or so she thought.World is going to the dogs.