Could this have happened in a neighborhood from the 1950’s or 1960’s? These houses are 10 yards apart. Has our society become so myopic and self centered that neighbors can live next to each other for years with no interaction? Our society is sick and dying. This ain’t no Leave it to Beaver, Mayberry or My Three Sons world anymore.
Parents arrested after children found shackled and malnourished in California home
The 911 call came in at 6 a.m. Sunday. A teenage girl was on the line with an unsettling tale.
She had managed to escape from her family’s home in Perris, where her parents had been holding her captive. Her brothers and sisters were still locked inside — 12 of them. Some were chained to their beds, she said.
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to find the 17-year-old girl. When they saw her, they were struck by her small size and emaciated appearance. She looked to be only 10, according to the sheriff’s account released Monday.
The nightmarish scene deputies discovered when they entered the house on Muir Woods Road was as bad as the girl had described. They found “several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings,” the statement said.
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