Parents Neglect Starved Babies to Feed Video Game Addiction

A couple authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.

The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.

Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.

"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

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it just makes me cry.

all the best to the children and that i hope they have fantastic lives to come

I just saw that on tv today, utterly disgusting.

omg,
thats unbelievable!
what complete a*****es..

I think they should both have to be fixed so they can never have children again. Even better if it is done with a rusty butter knife.

wow what some sorry as poeple they need there a** beat i am sorry to hear they think being a lame a** play video games at there age is way more inpotant then there kids i hope they need to die and rot in hell