February 03, 2010
Cops: Texas Couple Kept Girl In Closet For One Year
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A southern Texas couple accused of locking the woman's 12-year-old daughter in a closet for about a year except to attend school have been arrested. Jail records show 43-year-old Alfredo Ines and 40-year-old Leticia Ines are being held on charges of unlawful restraint and injury to a child. Neither has an attorney. The girl was released to attend school, eat or use the bathroom in the family's tiny Brownsville home, police said. She appeared malnourished, and would do her homework by light coming from beneath the closet door, investigators said.Click Here For The Full Story......