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Tucson Police Department investigators and evidence technicians investigate the scene of a child abuse call that began in the early morning of Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013
Three sisters rescued from family home say they were locked inside room for two years, denied baths and fed only once a day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...years-denied-baths-fed-day.html#ixzz2looGTtND
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/us-usa-captives-arizona-idUSBRE9AQ03N20131127A Tucson couple were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of holding their daughters captive in the family's home in filthy conditions for up to two years, with the girls complaining they had not been allowed to bathe for months, police said.
Police responded to the house on Tuesday after the two youngest girls, ages 12 and 13, ran to a neighbor's house and said their stepfather had kicked in their bedroom door and tried to attack them with a knife,
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"During the course of the investigation, it was alleged by the girls that they had been imprisoned in their bedrooms for at least the last several months and possibly up to two years," the Tucson Police Department said in a statement.
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Police said they discovered a 17-year-old girl locked in a different bedroom at the house and that she was believed to have been imprisoned in the room for the same amount of time as the other two girls,
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"All three juveniles were extremely dirty ... and malnourished and stated that they had not bathed in the last four to six months,"
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The girls were kept in filthy conditions and separated from each other, and the younger girls told a patrol officer they had not seen the 17-year-old girl in about two years, he said. The girls reported being fed only once daily, police said.
The mother and stepfather, Sophia and Fernando Richter, were arrested and booked into Pima County jail on charges of emotional and physical abuse and three counts of kidnapping tied to holding the girls in their bedrooms, Widmer said. Fernando Richter, 34, was also charged with sex abuse.
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Tucson Police Department investigators and evidence technicians investigate the scene of a child abuse call that began in the early morning of Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013
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The mother and stepfather of the girls have been arrrested and are facing numerous charges, police said late Tuesday.
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The two girls said they had been imprisoned for about two years. When officers went into the house, they found a 17-year-old girl locked in another bedroom, Gillooly said.
All three sisters were dirty and malnourished, he said. They told police they were only fed once a day.
They told officers they hadn’t taken a bath in four to six months.
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He said the two younger sisters were kept separate from the older girl. They were kept in separate bedrooms, Gillooly said.
"They were kept in filthy living conditions and kept separately," Gillooly said. "They told officers they had not seen each other in 2 years and were kept separately in bedrooms in that house."
Gillooly would not answer any questions about the case.
Later Tuesday, police said the girl's mother Sophia Richter, 32, and their stepfather, Fernando Richter, 34, were arrested and booked into the Pima County jail. The two are facing three charges each of kidnapping, child abuse with emotional abuse and child abuse with physical abuse.
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"We are doing all we can to make sure these kids are kept safe," Gillooly said at a news conference.
A resident who has lived in the neighborhood for about five years said she didn't know anyone was living in the home, which is set back from the street.
She said there was no activity visible at the house, but that other neighbors had told her that they had heard what sounded like children playing inside the house at night.
Police officers have removed plastic bags of evidence from the home. They also removed what appeared to be a computer. The items from the house was placed into a box truck.
On the front porch of the single-story house is a sign warning that the property is under video security surveillance. Two red chairs were also visible at the front of the house.
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Three sisters rescued from family home say they were locked inside room for two years, denied baths and fed only once a day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...years-denied-baths-fed-day.html#ixzz2looGTtND
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