Posted at 2:10 p.m., Monday, July 9, 2007
Father of malnourished child arrested in Waipahu
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Wright was arrested without incident at his Village Park residence in Waipahu at 11:30 a.m. He and his wife, 33-year-old Denise Wright, were indicted by an O'ahu grand jury Tuesday.
Denise Wright was arrested Friday by East Honolulu CRU officers at her Varsity Circle apartment in Mo'ili'ili.
The indictments stem from a police and state child welfare investigation into the couple's 11-year-old daughter, who was found to be extremely malnourished by Emergency Medical Services personnel on Jan. 7 at a Kina'u Street apartment.
The girl reportedly weighed less than 50 pounds.
Child Welfare Services has maintained foster custody of the child since January.
