A mother and father in Georgia are accused of abandoning their three children — all under the age of 5 — at a campsite, leaving them to fend for themselves and hungry after they hadn't eaten in days.

Jason Askea, 46, and Kira Askea, 41, each face a count of cruelty to children with excessive physical or mental pain. According to arrest affidavits obtained by Law&Crime, the suspects cut off their 2-year-old son with Down syndrome from prescribed oxygen support that was "essential for his brain development" and also removed a feeding tube that was "essential for his calorie intake."

In addition, the boy had a chronic infectious disease affecting his teeth, the complaint states.

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