Florida Couple Accused of Trapping 4 Children in Semi Truck for 6 Years
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Florida Couple Accused of Trapping 4 Children in Semi Truck for 6 Years
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Summary
Four children now aged 11 to 15 were allegedly confined in a semi truck cab from 2019 for six years, prompting Florida prosecutors to charge Keysha Monique Epps, 51, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37.
Arrest-warrant details describe the children sleeping on a top bunk that could not fit all four, urinating in a plastic cup and defecating in a grocery bag while enduring malnutrition, neglect and sexual abuse.
One child suffered permanent scarring from hot noodles without being taken to a hospital, and one girl contracted a sexually transmitted infection, according to prosecutors.
Authorities said Epps — the children's grandmother and a licensed truck driver — traveled with them from Atlanta to Miami before the alleged ordeal, which Florida officials called "straight evil."