Firemen Rescue 4-Year-Old Chained to Crib

(Coshocton, Ohio) Gerald L. Stewart, 33, and Ridgley A. Allington, 36, escaped from their burning home with pleas for the firemen to rescue their little girl.

"The girl was chained in the crib and could not go anywhere," according to an incident report filed by the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office.

The girl was rescued and Stewart and Allington each face a charge of endangering a child. There's obviously more to this story. Even so, it already makes me sick.

[Update 7/26/04, 2130] Bond for Stewart and Allington has been set at $25,000 each by Coshocton County Municipal Judge David Hostetler. The little girl, Karen Stewart, remains in critical condition at Children's Hospital in Columbus.