Texas woman, 37, is sentenced to 28 years in prison for starving her five-year-old stepson, forcing him to wear a diaper, and locking him in grimy closet under the stairs that was called the 'Harry Potter room'

A mother-of-seven has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after she starved her five-year-old stepson, forced him to wear a diaper, and made him sleep in a tiny closet.

Tammi Bleimeyer, 37, was found guilty of injury to a child by omission on Friday after forcing Jordan Bleimeyer, now nine, to sleep in what the family called the 'Harry Potter room'.

The tiny crawlspace, which was located under the stairs, had exposed nails and wiring surrounding the lone mattress.

Doctors said Jordan, who only weighed 29 pounds at the time, had nearly starved to death. They compared his state of malnourishment to a Holocaust survivor.

Bradley Bleimeyer, Jordan's father, pleaded guilty to the same charge in 2016 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The horrific case first came to light in March 2014 when Bleimeyer's son, who was 16 at the time, reported her to authorities.


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