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While testifying against her in court on Thursday, two days after her nine-year-old son Stephen Berry and 13 year old daughter Stoni Blair, were discovered dead, Blair's 17-year-old daughter told investigators she and her surviving brother were regularly beaten with an extension cord and plank and burned with irons. The documents say: "Blair tortured Stephen for approximately two weeks prior to his death by tying a belt around his neck, throwing hot water on him while in the shower and putting a plastic bag over his head."
Mitchelle Blair in court |
The teenager said neither she nor her siblings had attended school for years. Authorities investigated allegations of abuse in 2002 and 2005, but Blair was allowed to keep custody of the children and referred to counselling. The state says the two fathers of Blair's surviving children are unfit to care for them.