Teen sentenced to 20 years for death of 7-year-old who didn't know Bible verses

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A Wisconsin teen was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2018 death of his 7-year-old relative, Ethan Hauschultz, who prosecutors say was beaten and tortured for not knowing Bible verses. Damian Hauschultz, now 17, pleaded guilty in June to one count of first-degree reckless homicide, court records show.
Hauschultz's father told him to punish the child because the child did not know 13 Bible verses.

Ethan was forced to carry a log around a path for two hours a day for one week while Damian Hauschultz watched. Ethan "struggled to carry his log" and Damian Hauschultz hit, kicked, struck and poked him approximately 100 times, the criminal complaint states.

It goes on to say that Damian Hauschultz stood on Ethan's "body and head" while the boy was "face-down in a puddle." Damian Hauschultz also buried the child in about "80 pounds of packed snow" and left him for about 20 to 30 minutes without a coat or boots, the complaint says. Ethan died of hypothermia but had other extensive injuries, according to the complaint.

Damian Hauschultz's father, Timothy Hauschultz, goes on trial in December on eight charges including felony murder while Damian's mother, Tina McKeever-Hauschultz, was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty for failure to prevent great bodily harm and failing to prevent mental harm to a child.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wisconsin-teen-sentenced-20-years-prison-torture-death-7-year-n1278511

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. And to think that Bible thumpers believe atheists are evil.

[JanMichael]

36. Word. Nt

[DFW]

45. Yes, it's conspicuous

I guess people who thump bibles seem to get their jollies thumping people as well, preferably ones too weak to defend themselves (they apparently aren't courageous enough to try to thump people who are strong enough to thump back).

[DFW]

2. It is hard to grasp the mind-set

What permits people to do this to a seven year old child, and think there is nothing horribly wrong with what they were doing?

[malaise]

5. The mindset is written on all three faces

ignorant, depraved monsters

[Dakota Flint]

20. Inhuman monsters all.

[malaise]

21. Who does that to an innocent child?

I can't hurt a stray animal - bangs head.

[DFW]

46. I will admit to some possibly unjustified prejudice there

If any of them came trick-or-treating on Halloween, I would not open the door to the likes of them.

[malaise]

49. I asked myself that question before posting

the answer was yes - they look the part. They would not pass my gate.

[3catwoman3]

7. Not just hard to grasp - flat out impossible.

[ailsagirl]

31. It's the same mindset that enjoys torturing animals

It's beyond words.

[marie999]

43. I don't find this hard to grasp at all.

Humans are the worse of all animals. We have been torturing people and committing genocide for thousands of years. What makes you think we will ever stop? According to the Bible, 25% of the first people committed murder by killing their brother. If I was God, I would have started over and rested on the sixth day.

[IronLionZion]

51. Lock them up

and let prison psychiatrists worry about their mindset

[smirkymonkey]

3. Just so horrible and unbelieveable.

That poor, sweet, innocent little boy. His young life was ended by these evil, hateful "Christians" who wouldn't know what the love of god was if it bit them on the ass.

They should all spend the rest of their lives in prison. They are irredeemable. Nobody with a soul or an ounce of compassion could have participated in such an awful crime.

What I don't understand is why so many "Christians" are so hateful and so filled with bloodlust. It's just seems to be more of a mental illness than a religion to me.

[UnderThisLaw]

4. Nice mug shots

Are we sure this is the family’s first murder?

[cojoel]

8. Mom looks pretty blotto

or strung out on something

[MLAA]

11. That's what I was thinking.

[intheflow]

58. I was wondering if she has scholiosis or kyphosis.

The tilt of the head beneath the shoulders could be do to with a curved spine. Maybe also strung out, but that posture is pretty odd.

[cinematicdiversions]

41. I am getting a serious The Hills have Eyes vibe from this group. NT

[StarryNite]

6. That poor precious little boy.

And only 20 years for what was done to him???

[LeftInTX]

23. He was 14 when he killed the little boy

I hope the Damian's father rots in hell......
He's got a charge of felony murder, unfortunately I'm afraid he may get off too easily also.

[colorado_ufo]

25. If I am reading it correctly, the teen was only about 13-14 years old at the time of the boy's death

Doubtless he was threatened and indoctrinated himself and manipulated by these awful people Twenty years may give him time to redeem something of his life and learn other values.

The two adults? Nut jobs. Lock them up, throw away the key.

[AleksS]

35. I imagine the teen had been through

14 years of torture himself.

If he was 14 when he committed the crime, I’m sure the 7 year old wasn’t the only child being abused in that family.

[Demovictory9]

9. horrible

[ZZenith]

10. Oh Ethan.

I hope you knew at least some small portion of joy in your short life.

Dear Heavenly Father, please protect us from your “believers.”

[struggle4progress]

12. "I want mercy, not sacrifice"

Hosea 6:6

[struggle4progress]

13. "You must love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord"

Leviticus 19:18

[struggle4progress]

14. "Hatred causes strife but love covers all offenses"

Proverbs 10:12

[struggle4progress]

15. "And what does the LORD require of you, except to act justly and to love mercy?"

Micah 6:8

[struggle4progress]

16. "Blessed are the merciful"

Matthew 5: 7

[Celerity]

37. A verse often quoted over the last almost 2 millennia as millions were put to death

or slaughtered in countless wars, often in the most fiendish of manners, by the church. They were being 'shown mercy' by ending their lives, so it was claimed.

Often accompanied, from 1486 onward (if one happened to have the misfortune of being labelled a witch, warlock, demon, fae, or some other 'ungodly' creature), by the ranting quotes spewed forth from that insidious book, the Malleus Maleficarum, aka Der Hexenhammer aka The Hammer of the Witches.

[struggle4progress]

38. Self-righteous hypocrisy is quite common in our species

I find it in my co-religionists, in my fellow country-men, in my ancestors and relatives, and everywhere else I look (except, of course, when I look in the mirror!)

Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently

[keithbvadu2]

17. Obviously a 7 y/o heathen.

Obviously a 7 y/o heathen.

God needs these people to spread his love.

[Deuxcents]

18. What has become of us?

Religion.. over the centuries taken to extreme.. and innocent pay with their life. No thank you.

[Buzz cook]

19. No True Scotsman.

I can hear every xtian of every stripe saying these people misinterpret scripture or they weren't "real" Christians.

Even if that were true, it was xtianity that gave these people the excuse. There are plenty of bible verses that encourage child torture and murder. There are plenty of modern xtians that take those verses seriously.

[Susan Calvin]

24. That has always been my problem with this kind of Christians

They think doing garbage in this world is okay if it makes things better in the afterlife, which of course doesn't exist.

I haven't had this kind of horrific thing happen to me, of course, but I have been acquainted with many many Christians who said they would do one thing and then did another, because God.

[NullTuples]

26. Scary thing is it would've been legal in Ohio

Just a few years back, the Legislature there passed a law (that was signed) that said if a child dies as a result of the parent(s) religious observance, the parents are not liable. Beatings, starving, dehydration, that sort of thing.

That law has not yet been repealed and it's not the only state with such a law on the books.

[Moebym]

27. Is it any wonder

Fewer people than ever before are identifying themselves as religious?

[Metro135]

28. Wasn't Damian the name of the anti-Christ in The Omen?

[Lasher]

34. Yes.

[Initech]

29. Lock em up and throw away the key!

[bahboo]

30. that is some seriously fucked up DNA right there...

the poor child is the only normal looking one...

[Traildogbob]

33. After

GQP forced incest babies, there will many that will look and act like Tina. That family tree is a power pole. Without any wires attached.

[LisaL]

44. Little boy was a distant relative.

Was placed with this family as a foster child.

[LiberalFighter]

32. Charges that were filed.

1 940.02(1) 1st-Degree Reckless Homicide Felony B Guilty Due to Guilty Plea
2 948.03(2)(b) Child Abuse-Intentionally Cause Harm Felony H Charge Dismissed but Read In
3 940.19(2) Substantial Battery-Intend Bodily Harm Felony I Charge Dismissed but Read In
4 948.03(2)(b) Child Abuse-Intentionally Cause Harm Felony H Charge Dismissed but Read In
5 940.19(2) Substantial Battery-Intend Bodily Harm Felony I Charge Dismissed but Read In
6 948.03(2)(b) Child Abuse-Intentionally Cause Harm Felony H Charge Dismissed but Read In
7 940.19(2) Substantial Battery-Intend Bodily Harm Felony I Charge Dismissed but Read In

[cayugafalls]

39. There is no HATE like Christian Love.

Evil fucking monsters.

I am sobbing....damn.

[dalton99a]

40. Send them to hell

[NurseJackie]

42. Those three LOOK evil... insane... not-quite-right... inbred?

Something about the eyes is disturbing.

[LisaL]

47. I had the same feeling.

To me, mom and son look like consequences of inbreeding.
The husband is not 17 year old's biological father.
The little boy was placed there as a foster child, being a distant relative of the husband.

[Dial H For Hero]

48. How much time will he actually serve? 10 years?

Seems like a rather light sentence under the circumstances.

[LisaL]

52. He was 14 at the time of the crime.

He could have been tried at a child, and then let out at 21.

[Dial H For Hero]

54. I just read a different article in which the judge stated he would be "well into his thirties"

before getting out of prison.

Good.

[IronLionZion]

50. With Americans like this, we don't need Taliban nt

[Goodheart]

53. This story made me sick to my stomach.

[Blue Owl]

55. These are the type of 'people' who love Texas' new law

Fuck them all.

[Deep State Witch]

56. How Pro-Life Is That?

I'm sure that these Fundies are pro-life. They care about kids before they're born. Afterwards, torture and kill them if they don't comply.

[Maru Kitteh]

57. Ethan is describes as a "relative." WHO LEFT HIM THERE with these cretins?

Who submitted this poor defenseless child to these Christians?