User:RPM1978/Calista Springer

Calista Springer was born May 22nd, 1991 she died a tragic death in a house fire on February 27th, 2008 while chained to her bed.

Her father Anthony Springer and her step-mother Marsha Springer, chained Calista to the bed like an animal every single night.

Both individuals were reported to Child Protective Services numerous times, but nothing was ever done until Calista Springer was found dead from inhalation of smoke from the fire.

Anthony and Marsha Springer were put on trial for abuse, torture and murder.

The 2 of them were convicted of abuse and torture but not of murder.

The case sparked a major outcry all over the state of Michigan, in regard to the fact that child abuse is still a problem and it takes the death of the abused to get something done about it.

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/02/column_calista_springers_death.html

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Springer&GSfn=Calista&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=32941293&df=all&