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| Parents use shock collar on girl
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Wis. Couple Accused of Abusing Daughter
By ROBERT IMRIE
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - A couple accused of forcing their 17-year-old daughter to wear an electric shock collar used to train dogs were ordered Friday to stand trial on child abuse charges. The daughter testified by video conference last week that her mother and stepfather used the dog collar at its highest setting. The girl said her mother used it to get her to clean faster or ``if she didn't like what I was doing.''
The teenager testified she was hit in the face by her parents, forced to sleep in a dirty basement or next to a dog kennel and forced to drink a half-gallon of ``sewer water'' as a form of discipline.
The couple were charged March 17 after the girl called a friend and asked to meet her at the end of the home's driveway, where she handed over a note alleging the abuse.
Attorneys for the couple, Lee Ann and Troy Miller, have denied the girl's allegations, saying she had a history of making false accusations.
On Friday, a judge ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to justify a trial.
The Millers, who have four children, are charged with felonies including physical abuse of a child, mental harm to a child, possession of an electric weapon, reckless endangerment and false imprisonment.
The charges carry a maximum punishment of about 200 years in prison.
Attorneys for the parents said they will plead innocent.
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