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KIDS LOCKED IN THE ATTIC: 12-year-old boy escapes and tells neighbor about horrific abuse

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Child Abuse

Three children locked in an attic for years used an old peanut butter jar to collect rainwater to drink and suffered almost daily beatings, police in Minersville, Pennsylvania, say. Wendy Yost, Jennifer Yost, and Todd Richter have been arrested on child abuse charges, according to WFMZ, which said the brutality went on for three years …

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