By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-23 05:10:07 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:36:20
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Terribly burned boy, 3, returns home three months after his father 'abducted him and carried out act of unspeakable evil to get back at his ex'
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 22, 2024 | Alex Hammer
Posted on 09/22/2024 9:39:51 PM PDT by Morgana
A boy is back home and on the mend after his father kidnapped him in May and set a car on fire with the child still inside.
Bennett Dornellas, 3, suffered third-degree burns on 90 percent of his body, but was still pictured smiling in the days before his release Monday.
His father, 32-year-old Joshua Bennett Dornellas, was arrested after leading deputies on a chase that began in South Caroline and ended in Georgia with the car engulfed in flames.
It began with the violent assault of Bennett and his mother at the family's home in Anderson County, cops said - leading Dornellas to kidnap the boy and drive him down I-85 across state lines.
Georgia State police soon became involved, and Dornellas eventually set the truck he was driving ablaze before jumping out at speeds of 55 mph. Bennett was left inside to burn, but deputies were miraculously able to save his life.
Four months later, Bennett is back home, and his dad is being held without bond.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: 202405; abduction; burnedalive; childabuse; domesticbattery; dornellas; georgia; kidnapping; revenge; southcarolina
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This reminds me of David Charles Rothenberg aka Dave Dave
Anyone remember that case from 1983? Dave Dave as burned by his dad in a motel room. Charles Rothenberg, Dave's father spent less than seven years of a 13-year sentence in prison for attempted murder. I sure hope the creep that did this to little Bennett gets more time in prison.
Dave Dave passed in 2018
1 posted on 09/22/2024 9:39:51 PM PDT by Morgana
To: Morgana
God forgive me for what I’m thinking right now
2 posted on 09/22/2024 9:49:33 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
To: Az Joe
Why do I get the feeling we are all thinking it?
3 posted on 09/22/2024 9:59:25 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
To: Morgana
I recall that case. To be honest, for the Boy’s sake, I was hoping he had peacefully passed away by now. That’s no kind of life to lead, nothing but ongoing pain day in day out.
4 posted on 09/22/2024 10:02:49 PM PDT by lee martell
To: Az Joe
I’m sure He understands.
I’m with you on that.
5 posted on 09/22/2024 10:05:04 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
To: lee martell
He lived to be 42 years old. He died from complications of pneumonia.
Friends say he was a great person and even helped other burn victims deal with what happened to them.
He would have helped little Bennett if he were still alive.
6 posted on 09/22/2024 10:08:11 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
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