A pair of 16-year old twins were able to escape a house of horrors in Texas after managing to break free from their handcuffs and run to a neighbor’s house.
According to local authorities, the 16-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, were shackled by their mother and her boyfriend and abandoned inside their Houston home.
Shocking Ring camera footage showed the harrowing escape 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.
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.
When the couple was apprehended by police, only one child was found with the couple. The other four children were safely discovered later at a relative’s Baton Rouge home. The location of the 18-year old brother is still unclear.
Duncan and Terrell were both charged with injury to a child and are expected to be extradited back to Harris County.
All seven children have been placed in child Protective Service custody.
A neighbor claimed that the couple had just moved in two weeks earlier with the children.
After investigation, it was discovered that Duncan has a history of abusing her children.
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.
After police questioned Duncan, she finally 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.
Two of Duncan’s other children showed signs of abuse and were removed from the home. Duncan was charged with cruelty to juveniles.
So how the hell did she get her kids back to abuse them all over again. CPS/DHS what ever they are called in different states need to be held accountable. This is happening way to often and NO ONE in those offices are being prosecuted for their incompetence.
This is actually common with cps they give children back to parents they know are shit parents yet take and keep kids away from parents who are actually good
Apparently according to CPS its ok to beat, abuse and neglect your children but its not ok the legally decipline them with a spanking.
Omg! How in the hell? The authorities really screwed up here big time! WTF are they thinking? Putting any child back in the custody of these two that call themselves parents. They’re clearly not parents! They’re assinine, ignorant, pathetic freaks! Don’t let me near them, I’ll show you justice!
Make sure the other inmates get the story. Justice will be served.
I agree!
These two wastes of flesh ought to be handcuffed in a closet and forced to drink their own urine and eat their own feces, permanently.
Amen! Eye for an eye
CPS need to be charged with a crime!
I just pray for these children. I hope that they are placed with People that believe in God and show these kids that God will have the last word and justice. But God does turn bad to good. I hope that people in Houston will show generosity in giving them the items the children need. I hope that this will be the last time they ever see their hateful selfish parents. Can you imagine the impression on the other children?
Amen to that!
Amen!
These parents should be sterilized, they are both sick. They must be mentally ill. They have no business having children, only to abuse them as they grow up. This is shameful, both on the part of the parents and CPS. Why they even want to have children is beyond comprehension. The parents need to be convicted of child abuse, and not be allowed to see any of the children ever again. I agree, they both should get the same treatment they have given their children, SHAME on them. Hopefully, justice will be served and these parents will be incarcerated for a long time. I repeat, they have no business having children.