Child starved to death Chandler Ashton Grafner

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Chandler Grafner was so desperate for food and water that he threatened to get a knife and kill his parents if they didn't give him a drink, jurors heard in a phone message Thursday. The chilling recording, left nine days before Chandler died, appears to defy statements Jon Phillips made to police that the 7- year-old boy was well fed and had water to drink. Prosecutors played a recorded cell phone message from Sarah Berry to Phillips on April 28, 2007, telling him, "Dominic (Chandler's younger half-brother) just called me over and said Chandler told him you and I better get him something to drink or he's going to get out of there, go to the kitchen and get a knife and kill us both." Phillips, 27, is on trial for first- degree murder and child abuse in Chandler's death by starvation and dehydration. Berry, 23, is also charged and will stand trial later. Defense attorneys contend that Chandler died from ketoacidosis due to an undiagnosed case of diabetes. Prosecutors, however, say Chandler was slowly starved to death after he was put in a locked closet where he was kept in the dark without food and water. Deodorizers filled home Detective Larry Moore, who went to the apartment where Chandler died, said it was filled with the stench of feces and urine despite obvious efforts to clean the place up. He said a fan in the bathroom, set on "high," was sucking air out of the area where the closet was located. He said he also found air purifiers, air filters and cans of air <b>...</b>

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