Kenosha woman found chained in filth; relatives charged

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January 5, 2010 11:07 AM | UPDATED STORY


A former Chicago woman and her son have been charged after Kenosha police found the woman's 38-year-old intellectually disabled daughter at the family home disfigured from neglect, covered in her own excrement and chained to a weight bench.

Sally M. Adams, 56, and her son, Ernest Claiborne, 34, were arrested in their home in the 1300 block of 69th Street in Kenosha on Saturday. Police went there after the father of Adams' grandson complained to authorities that Adams had barred him from seeing his 2-year-old son since September and that Adams' own daughter might be neglected and chained to furniture in a filthy house, according to criminal complaints filed Monday.

Adams and Claiborne both face charges of felony false imprisonment, abuse of a person at risk and reckless endangerment in connection to their alleged treatment of the woman who is Adams' daughter and Claiborne's sister. Claiborne also faces a misdemeanor child neglect charge related to his treatment of the 2-year-old.

According to criminal complaints, the defendants both told police that the allegedly abused woman has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/mom-brother-charged-in-chaining-up-of-disabled-woman.html

There isn't a hell cold enough for these people....

[Blue Owl]

1. that is so not right

I hope the victim is never in these monster's custody again, and that they are locked away for a good long while to think long and hard about the inhumane acts they've committed.

[azurnoir]

2. That's horrible

my G-d what's wrong with people

[dembotoz]

3. my best buddy has an adult autistic daughter

the daughter is now @26 years old.
She is fairly functional.
But the stress and strain is always there.

There does not appear to be a lot of services available for my friend and her daughter.
I can see how a situation like the one posted could develop.

Don't get me wrong-what this family did is evil.
It is just that i can see how it could happen.

[aikoaiko]

4. The mentally ill or disabled need to be protected from abuse like this.

Its a damn shame.

[Quantess]

5. But since she's 38, her family isn't obligated to take care of her anymore.

Am I correct? What would be the incentive for keeping an adult woman captive in your home?

[Quantess]

7. Silly me. The mean mother and brother must be keeping her SSI checks.

They are profiting off her by being her official caregivers. I can't believe it slipped my mind earlier.

[Odin2005]

6. OMG!

MONSTERS!