Mom, boyfriend torture and murder 8-year-old boy

Melissa Jenkins, 30, top right, and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick Jr., 36, lower right, both of Boise, Idaho, have been indicted for first-degree murder in the death of Jenkins' 8-year-old son, Robert Manwill. (AP Photo)

* Sick Fuck Alert *

A couple in Boise, Idaho, tortured, killed and dumped an 8-year-old boy in a canal, then sat and watched while thousands of volunteers helped search for the boy. The kicker is that Child Non-Protective Services knew these two were a couple of sick fucks and did nothing to protect this child.

The mother and her live-in boyfriend have been charged with murder in the child's death, news services reported Wednesday. Robert Manwill disappeared July 24 and his body was found in the canal Aug 3.

Daniel Ehrlick Jr., 36, allegedly tortured the boy, repeatedly beating him on his head and body with his hands, knees and fists, and subjected him to other forms of physical and emotional abuse until the boy died, according to the indictment against him unsealed today in an Ada County court.

Ehrlick tortured the boy "with the intent to cause suffering, to execute vengeance or to satisfy some sadistic inclination by inflicting on Robert G. Manwill extreme or prolonged acts of brutality with the intent to cause suffering," the indictment said, noting the boy died as a result of Ehrlick's actions.

Melissa Jenkins, 30, allegedly knew about the beatings but never got her son medical attention. Instead, according to the indictment, she allegedly aided in the abuse and "actively and repeatedly" hid her son from anyone who might have stopped it or helped the boy. Mother of the Year.

Robert was visiting her when he disappeared. His father, Charles Manwill, of New Plymouth, Idaho, is divorced from Jenkins and had custody of the boy, ABC News reported.

Jenkins has a history of violence against her children, and is on probation for fracturing the skull of Robert's infant half brother. That boy was taken from her by the state in 2008. But the state left Robert with the sick fuck mother.

According to court records, Jenkins "did willfully inflict" injury to the infant "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She received a sentence of 29 days of work release and was put on probation for two years. And a judge thought this was punishment enough from slamming a baby's head against a table. WTF?!

Jenkins reportedly also has a third child, a 2 1/2-year-old daughter whose father has custody, but as in Robert's case, she has visitation rights. Ehrlick is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

Um...warning signs...anyone?

Ehrlick has a criminal record including convictions for burglary, grand theft, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia. A prince charming.

Jenkins and Ehrlick have been charged with first degree murder, which could carry the death penalty, and with failing to report the boy's death to law enforcement, ABC News reported. Neither entered a plea at their court appearance today when the indictment was unsealed.

Ehrlick is being held on the murder charge without bond, while bond was set at $2 million for Jenkins, Boise Police Department Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said according to the report.

No decision has been made about whether to seek the death penalty. Prosecutors have 60 days to make a decision.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but shouldn't these sick fucks experience what that kid experienced? How is jail a fitting punishment? Ugh.

Sources: ABC News, CNN, HLN, AP
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