A pair of twins escaped a house of horrors in Texas when they managed to break free from their handcuffs and flee to a neighbor’s home.
The 16-year-old twins that is a boy and a girl, were allegedly shackled by their mother and her boyfriend and abandoned inside their Houston home, according to local reports.
When they escaped on Monday, the twins told police that Zaikiya Duncan, 40, and Jova Terrell, 27, left them in a utility room where they were forced to drink their own urine and eat their own feces, sources told KHOU.
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The boy had at least one fractured bone and both were malnourished and had injuries on their wrists from the handcuffs.
Police issued an amber alert for Duncan and Terrell, who fled with the twins’ five other siblings, ages 7 to 14. Another 18-year-old brother was also believed to be with them.
The parents were taken into custody shortly after when they were tracked down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Only one child was found with the couple when they were arrested, police said. The other four children were later found safe at a relative’s home near Baton Rouge. The whereabouts of the 18-year-old brother are unclear.
Duncan and Terrell were both charged with injury to a child and are expected to be extradited back to Harris County, cops said.
All seven children have been placed in child Protective Service custody, officials said.
A neighbor told KPRC that the family had just moved into the home two weeks ago.
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The mother has a history of abusing her children, according to court documents obtained by KHOU.
In a disturbing incident ten years ago, Duncan’s then-5-year-old child was taken from her school to a local hospital for burns to his genitals, feet and other parts of the body. Doctors determined the child, who also had bruises on his body, was likely burned by hot water.
When police arrived at Duncan’s house in response to the burning incident, they found a 20-month-old baby wrapped in clothing with its hands bound.
She was questioned by police and admitted to forcing one of her children to hold a push-up position for up to an hour, causing their hands to swell. The child was also forced to sleep on the floor of a closet, which was barricaded shut by doors to prevent them from “escaping” or “stealing food from the kitchen,” according to court records.
Two of Duncan’s other children showed signs of abuse and were removed from the home. Duncan was charged with cruelty to juveniles.
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