Sheriff: Autistic woman kept outdoors with kennel-like crate

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Sheriff: Autistic woman kept outdoors with kennel-like crate

Updated 6:15 pm, Thursday, July 7, 2016

AMITE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says two men and three women are accused of keeping an autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter and planning to use her as a prostitute.

Tangipahoa (TAN-jih-puh-HO-uh) Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage. He says authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.

Investigators say the woman appeared malnourished and often was locked in the crate at night to keep her from wandering away.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto (PAN-uh-PIN-toh) says investigators later learned the five planned to prostitute the woman. She says they were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirm.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Sheriff-Autistic-woman-kept-outdoors-with-8346777.php

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1. How sad.

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2. Savages. Less than human

And its their own choice to be that way. Put them under the jail.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Five arrested after woman found living in backyard cage

Five arrested after woman found living in backyard cage
July 7, 2016, 7:44 PM

AMITE, La. -- A Louisiana sheriff says two men and three women are accused of keeping an autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter and planning to use her as a prostitute.

Tangiaphoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage. He says authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.

Investigators say the woman appeared malnourished and often was locked in the crate at night to keep her from wandering away.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto says investigators later learned the five planned to prostitute the woman. She says they were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirm.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/five-arrested-after-woman-discovered-living-in-backyard-cage/

(Photos at link.)

[Judi Lynn]

4. Sheriff: 5 kept autistic woman outside in crate, planned prostitution

Sheriff: 5 kept autistic woman outside in crate, planned prostitution
By Tribune news services


July 7, 2016 6:46PM |AMITE, La.

Two men and three women are accused of keeping an autistic 22-year-old woman outdoors with a kennel-like crate as her only shelter and planning to use her as a prostitute, a Louisiana sheriff said Thursday.

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement that investigators searched the house June 30 after receiving a report of a woman in a cage. They found the woman wandering around the back yard, with her only shelter a big kennel-like crate draped with a blue tarp, Edwards' news release said.

Investigators said the woman appeared malnourished, was covered with insect bites, and often was locked into the cage at night to keep her from wandering away, according to the statement.

Investigators learned later that the five planned to prostitute the woman, sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto said. She said Terry Knope, 43; Raylaine Knope, 40; Taylor Knope, 18; Jody Lambert, 21; and Bridget Lambert, 19, were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirm.

More:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-autistic-woman-crate-prostitution-20160707-story.html

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