From the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune:

In interviews, Carolyn Hamilton says her son Justin Hamilton, 24, who has developmental disabilities, feels terrified after being tortured and savagely beaten for two nights last week. She says he wakes up screaming and begs his father to go with him everywhere, even to the bathroom.

Carolyn Hamilton said her son was dragged behind a vehicle, tied to a tree and repeatedly burned with a cigarette lighter.

“They threatened to set him on fire. They talked among themselves about him being evidence,” she said.

“There are people who prey on the mentally ill, the weak of society,” she said.

Authorities say Justin Hamilton was lured from his Lakeville home Oct. 10 by a former high school classmate and a 16-year-old Lakeville girl he referred to as his “sister.” Five people have been charged in the attacks.

See also:

Too quick to trust those who pretend to care – Minneapolis Star Tribune. Experts say people with fetal alcohol syndrome can be easy targets

See earlier posts here and here.

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