Dulce Crystal Bazan Castillo and Auturo Bazan-Perez

A Pontiac couple being held without bond in the Oakland County Jail are accused of starving their two boys, ages 9 and 11. The older one weighed 43 pounds and the younger one 33 pounds, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

Arturo Bazan-Perez, 43, and his wife, Dulce Crystal Bazan Castillo, 42, along with their older son, Carlos Bazan-Hernandez, 24, who allegedly acted as the disciplinarian, face charges of first-degree child abuse and two counts of torture, the Sheriff's Office said.

The investigation began Nov. 17 when sheriff's deputies went to the hospital, responding to a report of a 9-year-old boy whose parents said was suffering from a medical condition. When they arrived, they found the boy was underweight, had brui

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