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http://www.htrnews.com/article/20120810/MAN0101/308100220/Pediatrician-waterboards-own-daughter
Pediatrician 'waterboards' own daughter
WILMINGTON, DEL. — A Delaware pediatrician and his wife are facing felony charges after their 11-year-old daughter told police her father had repeatedly subjected her to “waterboarding” while her mother stood by.
Dr. Melvin L. Morse, 58, and his wife, Pauline, 40, of Georgetown, Del., were each charged with four felony counts of first-degree reckless endangering, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and felony conspiracy, said state police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier.
Their children, girls ages 5 and 11, are in the care of the state Division of Family Services, state police said.
The investigation started July 12 when state troopers received a 911 call from a neighbor about a domestic dispute at the couple’s home. The Morses’ daughter went to the neighbor after Melvin Morse reportedly grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her across a gravel driveway, Fournier said.
According to court documents, the 11-year-old told detectives and social workers that between May 2009 and May 2011 her father had disciplined her by what he called “waterboarding” — holding the daughter’s face under running water, causing the water to fill her nostrils and over her face.
Pediatrician 'waterboards' own daughter
WILMINGTON, DEL. — A Delaware pediatrician and his wife are facing felony charges after their 11-year-old daughter told police her father had repeatedly subjected her to “waterboarding” while her mother stood by.
Dr. Melvin L. Morse, 58, and his wife, Pauline, 40, of Georgetown, Del., were each charged with four felony counts of first-degree reckless endangering, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and felony conspiracy, said state police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier.
Their children, girls ages 5 and 11, are in the care of the state Division of Family Services, state police said.
The investigation started July 12 when state troopers received a 911 call from a neighbor about a domestic dispute at the couple’s home. The Morses’ daughter went to the neighbor after Melvin Morse reportedly grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her across a gravel driveway, Fournier said.
According to court documents, the 11-year-old told detectives and social workers that between May 2009 and May 2011 her father had disciplined her by what he called “waterboarding” — holding the daughter’s face under running water, causing the water to fill her nostrils and over her face.
