![]() ![]() Later that year, the 17-year-old Donald dropped out of school and joined the Army. But they found other ways to get out, and within a year, all three boys were gone.ĭavid was the first to escape when he left in 1960 at the age of 19. Hamilton said he and his brothers thought the Army was the best way to get out, but David’s poor eyesight and Danny’s limp due to polio nixed that option for the two. “If she thought we told a lie, she would burn our fingers with matches,” he said. Their mother also took part in the abuse, often starving them for whole weekends as punishment. “When I was 15, he beat me so bad, I didn’t cry and said, ‘That’s the last time you’ll beat me.’” “He used to say, ‘I’m going to beat you until you cry,’” he said. ![]()
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