Son Turns in Parents Paul and Debbie Salvetti for Locking Him in His Room and Starving Him
In North Carolina, the young son of Paul and Debbie Salvetti middle-school aged son told school authories and police that he was locked in his room and given little to eat.
The 13-year-old boy told authorities at Southeast Middle School that was being abused at home by his parents. He was not a student at the school as he had been taken out of the school system in January to be homeschooled. The boy said his room’s window was boarded up and the door was locked from the outside. He escaped by kicking a hole through the wall to get out.
School authorities then notified the Winston-Salem police who visited the school to investigate the child abuse report. Police interviewed the boy, whose name has not been released, and noticed that he was malnourished. He weighed 87 pounds that day - two pounds lighter than two years ago. (Remember he’s 13!) The boy gained 10 pounds in four days after being taken to a hospital.
The boy is now in the custody of the Department of Social Services and his parents are in jail on $5,000 bond.
Paul Joseph Salvetti, 44, is charged with one count of felony child abuse and one count of misdemeanor child neglect. Debbie Salvetti, 38, is charged with two counts of felony child abuse and one count of misdemeanor child neglect.
Police were investigating the Salvettis since May, when their son ran away. I’m sure the parents will use his running away as an excuse to locking him in his room. But starving him? I’d like to see them explain that.
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December 30th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
It’s good to see that the criminals (mom and dad) were sentenced to 33 months in jail, something that I still believe is very lenient for child molesters.
Things have a way of following people from generation to generation, as well as from one “type” of person to the next. This poor child’s fraternal grandparents are much worse than what Dieter (above) noted. As bad as Paul Senior (grandpa) is, wife Betty may be worse, and is a product of a mom and sister who are still talked about in Jacksonville FL.
I hope that this young boy is taken care of, and never returned to such animal-like parents or grandparents. Child molesters have no place in this society, even if they are the spawn of criminals like Old Paul and Ugly Betty.
Indeed, God is watching!
January 19th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
For all of you who are speculating about what may or may not have happened let me give you some facts about what my mother a.k.a Debbie Salvetti did to me as well as my brother and the rest of our family. She did everything they reported she did and then some. Things that right now I can not talk about, but that I am sure will come out soon. Let me ask you: have you ever heard of female on female sexual abuse? Well, let me introduce you to perpetrator A: Deborah Sue Salvetti. I agree that it is innocent until proven guilty, but in May of 2008 they were proven guilty. There are more court records than anyone of you bloggers know about and they go all the way into three counties in Georgia. I was removed from my mother’s custody in 1998 because of physical evidence found when I was two. TWO!!!! So, those of you who “think” she is innocent please think again and on a biblical note (because it seems that is the backing for the innocent argument) Satan too was able to charm Adam and Eve and I assure you that after living with her and dealing with her the 18 years I have been alive, she is nothing but. Please remember also that all I had to do was to google Debbie Salvetti and this blog popped up. My brother is an amazing child and he did for our family what I could not and for you to sit here and talk down about him for his availability to see reaffirms my belief in the ignorance and hypocrisy that lies within the people behind some of these screen names. All I ask is that you examine everything. And on a final note just because you knew Debbie and Paul Salvetti does not mean that you know them. She is one of the most deceptive people I have ever known.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
A daughter that no one knows about, very well said! Your brother is very brave! No one ever deserves to be starved, let alone locked up in his/her room! I would never think that your so-called mom is innocent! Your so-called parents should never see the daylight again! I wish you and your brother all the best!
February 24th, 2009 at 2:04 am
I too was the victim of having my special needs daughter removed from me due to small weight. This has left me feeling so hurt. I adore my child, fed her as much as she would eat and love her dearly. She is forbidden to see the caretaker (me) she has known all her life. My heart aches ever waking moment I’m awake. While some may starve, some are just accused. That is a large difference! We need to be enlightened that some parents sacrifice, and love unconditionally and are still treated as monsters.
February 24th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Except that these two are monsters who did much worse than starve their son. Why are people still patronizing them?
April 30th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Dear Suasan I completely understand that there is a difference, and I’m sorry if you are wrongly accused. But our story is not one of being wrongly accused. If you look up the response from: Anonymous
Jun 13, 2007 at 7:29 am, it says “i fear for his adoptive daughter as well.” Well i am the adopted daughter they are talking about, I am now 18 and out of the foster care system and have been adopted by loving parents. For those of you who have read or responded to “Believe the Media, yea right!,What happened to innocent until proven guilty, In jesus name, Holy ghost filled or I’m with innocent” just so you know that was actually Debbie Salvetti who wrote those comments. And the “I’m with innocent 2″ was me (sadly) who commented, just to please Debbie.. This abuse had gone on so long that the rest of us children (except “the daughter no one knows about”) were needless to say brain washed and scared. We too had been involved in “assisting” we were told to make him the same meal every day, water,sandwhich,& crackers. We were to watch if he didnt do his chores right or if he was to sneak food. And we (mostly me because my room was next to his) were also told to lock him up in his room….when the abuse first started i was in middle school and none of my siblings nor myself knew why this was happening and to ONLY our brother. When i was brave enough to stand up for my brother i would get slapped and told horrible things about my mother Leslie who died in 98 from lupas. I kept trying to stand up to Debbie for sometime and seemed to be getting no where and therefore finally quit. I to scared to end up like my brother and followed orders instead. When first beggining to follow orders i was very lenient & snuck him food myself and would let him out of his room when debbie & paul left. But i was caught multiple times and Debbie kept punishing me, i finally couldnt take it anymore and decided not to be very lenient because i didnt want to end up like him. This abuse went on for years til the The lord answered our prayers the day my brother knocked a hole through my bedroom wall to escape. I’m so glad he had the bravery that i had lost so many years ago… I am 18 and are no longer in the foster care system, but with a loving family instead. “The daughter that no one knows about” was never in the system because she went to go live with her dad during most of the years the abuse went on. As far as my brother & other sisters they are still in the system and looking for a family. As I’m sure you can tell by what was reported, my brother was most likely the most impacted and needs prayer for working on getting past his past and moving onto a brighter future…My sisters are doing very well and hope to find a family of there own…Although all of us have had to gone through moving and going through things that most teens do, we were very blessed to finally get out of the house and move onto a better life. God has always been there for us and always will be…
January 4th, 2010 at 7:31 am
I knew both your parents. I worked with them in Florida. My son went to day care with your brother. I remember your brother well. He was the cutest thing ever. He used to call my son Patrick R. I was at your Mom Leslie’s funeral…she was amazing…I am so sorry for what you and your siblings have had to go thru..As you said people you think you know, you really don’t know. I thought Paul was one of the good guys. I never met Debbie which is probably a good thing.. Best of luck to you and your brother. You both will go on to do great things I am sure….God Bless