In OKLAHOMA CITY a 14-year-old boy with deep cuts around his wrists and covered with burns, bruises and scars wandered into a National Guard armory last week and said he had escaped from a home where he was locked in a bedroom closet. The boy, malnourished and covered with scars, showed up at the base, about a mile and a half from the town house where he lived, and asked where a police station was located so he could report being abused.
Two security guards who work at the armory and saw the teen there said they lost sleep over the weekend thinking about the boy and the torture he described. "He said he wanted help, and as soon as he showed us the bruises, we took him inside and called police", said one of the guards, Paul Clark. "His wrists looked like he either had been handcuffed or had ropes or chains around them. It really kind of took me aback."
Police believe the boy's mother frequently tied him up to prevent him from escaping and had a lock installed on a bedroom closet where he often was kept for days at a time. He was frequently locked in the closet for hours if not days at a time. He wasn't allowed to leave, never attended school, never received medical attention.
Reference for more details: Manager: Evidence Okla. closet used as bathroom
In most countries, there are too few data on the prevalence of violence against children in all settings, and there is inadequate research on the risk and protective factors that infl uence violence, on the impact of violence against children, and on the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent and respond to violence against children - UNICEF
Two security guards who work at the armory and saw the teen there said they lost sleep over the weekend thinking about the boy and the torture he described. "He said he wanted help, and as soon as he showed us the bruises, we took him inside and called police", said one of the guards, Paul Clark. "His wrists looked like he either had been handcuffed or had ropes or chains around them. It really kind of took me aback."
Police believe the boy's mother frequently tied him up to prevent him from escaping and had a lock installed on a bedroom closet where he often was kept for days at a time. He was frequently locked in the closet for hours if not days at a time. He wasn't allowed to leave, never attended school, never received medical attention.
Reference for more details: Manager: Evidence Okla. closet used as bathroom
In most countries, there are too few data on the prevalence of violence against children in all settings, and there is inadequate research on the risk and protective factors that infl uence violence, on the impact of violence against children, and on the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent and respond to violence against children - UNICEF
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