I hope these bastards get what they deserve, behind bars....
15-year-old girl weighing 40 pounds found locked in room
Dec 3rd 2014 9:39AM
ANDERSON, INDIANA (Dec. 2, 2014) – Court documents paint a disturbing picture of a child neglect case in Madison County.
According to documents obtained by FOX59, a 15-year-old girl was kept locked away from the world as she lived in filth with inadequate heat and food.
The girl's grandfather, Steve Sells, 58, was arrested Monday night. Joetta Sells, the girl's grandmother, was arrested Tuesday afternoon. They both face charges of neglect of a dependent and battery. Steve Sells also faces a charge for criminal confinement.
Police executed a search warrant at the home in the 3400 block of Forest Terrace where the teen lived with her grandparents. Investigators carried out several brown paper bags filled with evidence Tuesday afternoon.
Court documents show Steve Sells was awarded custody of the girl in 2009. Records show Steve Sells appeared in court on November 6 in regards to child support issues involving the teen.
When police arrived, they said the girl was so thin that bones were protruding from her skin. She was flown to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital because of her condition.
Steve Sells told police he was the girl's legal guardian because his daughter had abandoned her. He said she had a chromosome problem in her brain that caused her to have health problems and said she'd fallen Monday and a few days ago, causing her condition to worsen, court documents said. Police said the girl is mentally disabled.
During a search of the home, investigators found an upstairs room with a lock at the top of the door. Inside they found a mattress, space heater, blankets, a bowl with oatmeal and a bucket.
Police noticed blood on the floor and "feces on everything in the room," court documents said.
"It's very disturbing, we wouldn't accept treatment of an animal this way let alone a human being," said Detective Joel Sandefur with the Anderson Police Department.
A 4-year-old child who lives in the home told police that the 15-year-old girl was locked in the room and would sometimes "stick her fingers out around the door trying to get out."
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