Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Regina Rios cries during her preliminary hearing Friday as a pediatrician testifies about the impact malnutrition had on two of Rios' children. Rios, her husband, Tomas Granados, and her mother, Esther Rios, face felony child abuse charges for allegedly locking Rios' 16-year-old daughter and her 11-year-old son in a bathroom and starving them for years.

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Adults to be tried in starvation case

• By ncs-import
• March 2, 2006