EVIL DAD CARLOS RICO DUMPS SON ON HIGHWAY

LEFT FOR DEAD

A DASTARDLY dad dumped his four-year-old son at the side of a West Texas highway, leaving him to fend for himself at the side of the dangerously busy road.

Carlos Rico "threw the boy out of the car like a bag of garbage," said Sweetwater Police Chief Jim Kelley, because God had told him to choke him and expel him form the car, adding there were was bruising on the boy's throat.    

The shocked officer continued: "I've seen a lot of bad things. This is absolutely a first. I've never seen a 4-year-old angel left on the side of the road for dead. He's such a sweet little boy."

Luckily Angel Flores was picked up about three hours later by the local high school basketball coach, Al Hunt, who initially thought he was looking at a guardrail post until it moved.

The 54-year-old told the Abilene Reporter News: "It took me seconds to realize, `it's a little kid there."'

He added the boy's lips were cracked as if he were dehydrated, and that the only response the boy gave to his questions was when he held up four fingers when he asked his age.

Hunt explained: "He didn't say a word to me. He didn't say a word to anybody."

After looking around and seeing Angel wasn't with anyone, he called the cops and thye took the boy to hospital.

His father had been charged with child endangerment and his bond was set at $50,000.

Kelley said Rico, 22, would be brought to Sweetwater where he could face additional charges, including attempted murder or attempted capital murder, which could apply because the boy is younger than six.

The whereabouts of the boy's biological mother were not immediately known, and it was unclear if she is involved in his life, so the boy is currently in the care of child protective services.