Kirkwood teen in coma after farm beating
Family demands justice for boy allegedly assaulted for picking up oranges
A 16-year-old Kirkwood boy is in a coma after being beaten within an inch of his life for allegedly picking fruit from a local orange grove.
His aunt and legal guardian, Liena Oliphant, 49, said they were notified by one of his friends on Sunday evening of what had happened, and they eventually found him struggling to breathe on a farm near Aqua Park in Kirkwood. ..
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