Mom On Run With 555-Pound Boy

[madinmaryland]

http://www.wyff4.com/cnn-news/19526636/detail.html

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. -- Deputies are looking for a mother and son after the state planned to take the 555-pound 14-year-old boy into protective custody, according to Greenville County deputies.

Alexander Draper is considered to be at a critical stage of health risk. When officers went to take the boy from the home, they found that he and his mother, Jerri Gray, had left the home on Goodwin Bridge Road in Travelers Rest.

According to the Department of Social Services, Gray was supposed to appear in family court with the boy on Tuesday, but they did not show up.

At the hearing, Alexander was ordered into the custody of the state due to medical neglect and Gray's failure to appear in court. Investigators said that the mother and son's whereabouts are unknown to family members.

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:wtf:

[MrCoffee]

1. I didn't break 550 until I was 17...this kid's got game.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Yeah, that's medical neglect -- he needs to be taken away

I'm sure he'll be found. Not that many 500lb boys out there.

[HopeHoops]

3. With so many McDonalds and KFC's around the country, how will they EVER find him?

[Moondog]

4. They'll be hard to miss.

[RoadRage]

5. Great.. maybe they'll run into the kid with cancer who's on the run with HIS mom..

Seriously, what is the DEAL with parents who won't provide medical care for their kids.. and then decide to just flee instead of facing their responsibilities?

I hope these mothers enjoy their time on the run with their son's.. because at current pace - they're both going to end up dead soon.

It's just sad.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. Uh, I'm thinking they're not "running" anywhere.

Not without considerable wheezing and sweating and gasping, anyway.

[Dogtown]

7. Souped-up Rascals...n/t

[azmouse]

8. oh dear gawd....

It's hard to even imagine how miserable this child's life must be and the hell he's gone through.

[WildEyedLiberal]

9. I think this amounts to abuse

I don't even know how it's possible for a child to eat so much food that he is able to get that fat. This is serious and willful abuse on the part of the parents.

That poor kid.

[Mojambo]

10. In two weeks on NBC... The Biggest Loser: Road Trip Edition! n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

11. 555-pounds at 14? Yeesh.

[ccharles000]

12. how sad

[Kali]

13. my reaction, too

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Update: They were found.

http://www.wyff4.com/cnn-news/19526636/detail.html

[Initech]

15. I cant imagine they'll get very far.

[Believing Is Art]

16. I clicked on this

thinking it would be an article about a mother and baby elephant escaping from the zoo.

I got played.

[applegrove]

17. Poor kid. No way a 14 year old could get ahold of that much food. His mother is killing him.

Glad they found him. Gladder still they are taking him away from her.