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Posted: 6:53 AM Feb 15, 2012
Trial to start in forced Grand Canyon hikes
A federal trial is set to begin today for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.
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A federal trial is set to begin today for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.
Christopher Alan Carlson of Indianapolis has pleaded not guilty
to six counts of child abuse.
His grandsons, who were 12, 9 and 8 years old at the time, told
investigators that Carlson hit, pushed, choked and squeezed them
during trips into the Grand Canyon.
On the day park rangers spotted what would be the last of the
hikes, the temperature hit 108 degrees, and a man died on another
trail from heat exposure.
Investigators say Carlson later told them that the boys were
overweight and that he thought hiking the Grand Canyon would help
get them into shape.
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