Alleged child abuser forced kids to stand in corner until legs gave out, court docs claim

Alleged child abuser forced kids to stand in corner until legs gave out, court docs claim

NEW PALESTINE, Ind. — A New Palestine man is accused of beating children with a belt and forcing them to stand in a corner until their legs went numb or gave out— sometimes up to eight hours. He also repeatedly threatened the children's lives, according to the victims' accounts, once allegedly saying, "If you guys don't shut up and go to sleep, I'm going to suffocate you with a pillow and slaughter you with this knife." Curtis Bordenkircher, 35,…

Indiana Man Forced Kids to Stand for Hours at a Time, Threatened to ‘Slaughter’ Them in Their Sleep

An Indiana man is charged with neglect and intimidation against four children who said he threatened to suffocate them if they didn’t go to sleep, beat them, and forced them to stand in a corner for hours. Hancock Superior Court Judge Dan Marshall issued four no contact orders on 35-year-old Curtis Edward Bordenkircher after giving him a $600 bond, which the defendant immediately paid and walked out of jail, the Greenfield Daily Reporter said. A…