Flint Township, Michigan parents face second-degree murder and child abuse charges after their 7-year-old son, who weighed 255 pounds at the time of his death, succumbed to heart failure linked to morbid obesity. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton announced the charges Wednesday against Damien O’Brien, 40, and his wife Jessica O’Brien, 41, in connection with the death of their son Casper. The boy stood 4-foot-2 and died November 4, 2025, after being rushed to Hurley Medical Center in Flint.