LA - 22 yo autistic woman found in backyard cage, 5 arrested, Amite, 30 June 2016

According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a complaint on Rushing Lane, where they were told that a 22-year-old woman was being locked up in a cage (...)

Deputies said she was forced to live in a makeshift shelter – a blue tarp draped over a cage that somewhat resembled a dog kennel. She was often locked in the cage at night to keep her from wandering off from the property, according to law enforcement.

The woman appeared to be malnourished and had numerous insect bites on her body. (...)

The woman and four juveniles were removed from the home and turned over to the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Child and Family Services, respectively.

The following people were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirmed:

• Raylaine Knope, 40
• Bridget Lambert, 19
• Taylor Knope, 18
• Jody Lambert, 21
• Terry Knope, 43

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perfectingpink said:

There is a picture of what these monsters kept her in.

Horrid details emerge on autistic woman kept caged in Amite

http://www.fox8live.com/story/32404...y-have-been-there-since-oct-2015?sf30580909=1

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Her captors — Edwards said they were “somewhat related” to the woman but declined to elaborate so as not to identify the victim — had forced the woman to perform sexual acts on several people and had planned to take her to a specific location for sexual acts with “a large group of people” in exchange for the captors receiving money, the sheriff said.

“The lesson here, as far as I can tell, is that there are some very sick individuals in this world, and there are some sick individuals within Tangipahoa Parish,” Edwards said. “Human trafficking doesn’t discriminate. It exists in Shreveport. It exists in New Orleans. It exists in Tangipahoa Parish. It exists in St. Tammany Parish. It exists everywhere there are people.”

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Four minor children, ages 7 and younger, also were removed from the home and placed in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Edwards said.

The sheriff said the children did not appear malnourished, but he could not say whether they had been sexually abused. Investigators have reason to believe the children witnessed some of the treatment of the 22-year-old woman, he said.

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Investigators believe the woman had been forcibly held in the outdoor hovel since at least October, following her mother’s death in August, Edwards said. They do not believe she was abused while her mother was alive.

The Sheriff’s Office received nonspecific information about the woman’s living conditions from a concerned citizen on June 26 and, through surveillance and interviews with witnesses, gathered enough evidence for the June 30 search warrant that led to her rescue.

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Ayashley said:

Wow, there's fb pages:
Taylor: https://m.facebook.com/taylor.knope.5?tsid=0.9657386262231817&source=typeahead

Bridget: https://m.facebook.com/victoria325

Raylaine: https://m.facebook.com/terry.raylaineknope?pn_ref=info_family

Terry: https://m.facebook.com/terry.knope.5?pn_ref=info_relation

Cant find jody though...

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Those filings portray Knope not as a defendant who took part in some of the mistreatment, but as a victim who was subjected to the same sort of coercion as the other woman. Knope’s attorneys are asking the courts to provide a way for their client to get out of jail and receive treatment for the psychological abuse she suffered while under the control of her father and stepmother.

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The abusive parents also forced the teen to quit school, cook methamphetamine, live in a shed behind the family’s trailer and stay away from friends, attorneys said. She followed orders in fear of receiving even worse treatment, they said.

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