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Girl allegedly wore shock collar for dogs

By 박한나

Published : July 13, 2012 - 15:03

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Police say a Georgia couple whose adopted daughter wore a dog shock collar around her neck has been arrested on child abuse and false imprisonment charges.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents said the 15-year-old girl had told authorities the shock collar had been used on her several times, WTVM-TV, Columbus, Ga., reported.

The station said a remote key fob was used to shock the girl.

WTVM said the girl also allegedly had sometimes been kept in a chicken coop in Taylor County, Ga., but a report by the station did not provide details.

The adoptive parents, Diana and Samuel Franklin, were arrested Tuesday morning at their Butler home, authorities said.

WTVM quoted a neighbor as saying Diana Franklin would often punish her daughter for not doing chores and not working the "right way."

The neighbor, who was not identified, said as punishment, Diana Franklin would sometimes feed her daughter only bread and water for days.

The girl was taken into temporary custody by the Department of Family and Child Services weeks before her parents' arrests, WTVM said. (UPI)



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“집안일 잘 안한다” 입양한 딸에게 전기충격 

미국 조지아주에서 입양한 딸에게 전기충격 장치가 장착된 개목걸이를 씌운 부부가 아동학대와 불법 감금혐의로 수요일 자택에서 체포됐다.

경찰 수사에서 이름이 알려지지 딸(15)은 양부모가 자신의 목에 수차례 개목걸이를 채웠으며, 자동 리모콘을 사용해 전기충격을 줬다고 진술했다. 

작동 시 9볼트의 전류가 흐르는 이 개목걸이는 인체에 직접적인 부상을 입히지는 않지만 강한 고통을 해 흔히 개에게 강도있는 훈련을 실시할 때 사용된다.

현지 언론은 양부모인 다이애나와 사무엘 프랭클린이 소녀를 종종 닭장에 감금하기도 했다고 전했다.

이웃의 증언에 따르면 다이애나는 딸에게 허드렛 일을 시키고 제대로 하지 않는다며 자주 혼을 내고 그 벌로 수일 동안 빵과 물만 먹였다.

피해자는 양부모들이 체포되기 전 몇 주간 아동ㆍ가족부에서 운영하는 임시보호소에 보내졌다.