According to arrest warrants, Marie Terry fostered three children—two males and a female—at a home in East Point for over 10 years.
During that time, Terry allegedly disciplined the children by striking them with a skillet, a wooden grill scraper, and a plastic bat, causing pain and injuries.
The warrant states Terry also mentally abused the children and forced them to eat feces-riddled cat litter, sleep on a basement floor without a bed, and stay in a closet without light or windows, with the outside secured to prevent escape.
As a result, the children began running away.
Terry was booked into Fulton County Jail on three counts of first-degree child cruelty and released on a $15,000 bond.
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