“They will wake up at night and they will start crying and they wanted me to call somebody,” she said in a high-pitched voice. Two girls, 11 and 14, had been hastily released from their chains when police showed up, but a 22-year-old son remained shackled. The young man said he and his siblings had been suspected of stealing food and being disrespectful, a detective testified. The children had never seen a dentist and only one child appeared to have been seen by a doctor after fracturing a jaw. The children spent most of their time locked in their rooms except for limited meals or using the bathroom.

Source: Huffington Post February 22, 2019 19:07 UTC