Early morning darkness still blanketed the streets of suburban Perris, California, on Sunday, Jan. 14, as a window began to creep open at the brown stucco and stone house. A 17-year-old girl slipped out into the yard, and then, at 5:53 a.m, using a deactivated cell phone, she dialed 911.
The call was the culmination of a desperate escape plan the teen had devised with her siblings for more than two years, and when she spoke to the dispatcher, she revealed a shocking truth: She and her 12 siblings were being held against their will by their parents, and some of them were chained.
The call was the culmination of a desperate escape plan the teen had devised with her siblings for more than two years, and when she spoke to the dispatcher, she revealed a shocking truth: She and her 12 siblings were being held against their will by their parents, and some of them were chained.
- 1/24/2018
- by Greg Hanlon and Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
California police have praised the “courageous” 17-year-old girl who “escaped” from her parents’ home to alert authorities that she and her 12 siblings were allegedly being imprisoned.
During a Tuesday press conference, Riverside County Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Fellows detailed how the teenager crawled through a window and fled her parents Perris, California, home minutes before sunrise on Sunday.
Prior to leaving the house, the teen – whom has been described as looking like a 10-year-old – had found a deactivated cellphone and used it to take photos of her and her 12 siblings’ living conditions, Fellows said. When she left the home, she...
During a Tuesday press conference, Riverside County Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Fellows detailed how the teenager crawled through a window and fled her parents Perris, California, home minutes before sunrise on Sunday.
Prior to leaving the house, the teen – whom has been described as looking like a 10-year-old – had found a deactivated cellphone and used it to take photos of her and her 12 siblings’ living conditions, Fellows said. When she left the home, she...
- 1/17/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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