Daycare owners who ‘starved adopted child, 11, and forced her to eat her own vomit’ to change not guilty pleas
TWO former daycare owners accused of starving their adopted daughter and forcing her to eat her own vomit are to change their pleas.
In April 2019, Angela and Malcolm Cobler of Missoula, Montana, pleaded not guilty to child abuse.
The couple allegedly locked their 11-year-old adopted child in her room, didn’t feed her and forced her to eat her own vomit.
Police responded to a child abuse report in July 2018 after investigating the case two months prior.
In May 2018, police received several reports that Malcolm was walking a child on a lease and at one point yanked the leash so hard the girl’s feet left the ground, the Missoulian reported.
At the Cobler’s home, police found a lock on the child’s door, a bucket for toilet in her room, surveillance camera and duct table used to restrain her.
KPAX reported the girl was “noticeably emaciated” and suffered from bruising all over her back.
The couple face nine charges filed in March 2019 including child endangerment, assault on a minor and tampering with evidence.
The trial dates set have been vacated and the Cobler’s face a change-of-plea hearing on July 9.
According to the Missoulian, the plea agreements have yet to be filed.
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