by WRN Contributor | Apr 8, 2013
A Madison woman, accused of torturing and starving her teenage stepdaughter, has agreed to a plea deal. It came just hours before Melinda Drabek-Chritton’s trial was set to begin. Drabek-Chritton agreed to plead no contest to charges of first-degree reckless...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 14, 2013
A jury is expected to begin deliberations in the case against a 41 year-old Madison man accused of starving and beating his daughter. Chad Chritton’s trial has run nearly three weeks. The defense rested Wednesday, with Chritton not taking the stand in his...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 27, 2013
At the Dane County courthouse in Madison, trial is underway in a highly-publicized case of a severely malnourished 15 year-old girl. Chad Chritton is the girl’s father, accused of keeping his emaciated daughter confined in a basement. A year ago, on a cold...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 25, 2013
Jury selection is set to get underway Monday, for the scheduled two-week trial of a Madison man accused of torturing and starving his teenage daughter. Chad Chritton, 41, and his 43 year-old wife Melinda Drabek-Chritton are each charged in Dane County Court with six...
by Brian Moon | Feb 23, 2012
The Madison family accused of imprisoning, starving, and molesting a 15-year-old girl is due in court this morning. The case that police called years of “child torture” has made national headlines. Meanwhile, a judge will decide if there is enough evidence...
by Bob Hague | Jul 26, 2013
A Madison woman accused of heinously abusing her step-daughter will go to prison for five years. Melinda Drabek-Chritton was accused of starving and locking her now 15 year-old step-daughter in a basement. The case came to light when the girl escaped in February of...
