Couple imprisoned a girl for 7 years and kept her in the dog’s cage, said police

One evening last week, a barefoot teenager with a shaved head burst into her neighbor’s house in Blackwood, NJ, sat on the sofa and started spreading a heartbreaking story.

She said that her stepfather and her mother had imprisoned her at their home in the past seven years, since they have withdrawn from primary school with the excuse she would be educated at home. She said that they had locked her in a dog box for a whole year, and at some point had chained her in a bathroom. She said that her stepfather had sexually mistreated her.

This week, following a police investigation, the County Prosecutors of Camden, in the south of Jersey, just outside Philadelphia, announced several accusations against his mother, Brenda Spencer, 38 years old, and his stepfather, Branndon Mosely, 41. Mr. Mosely also faces many chiefs of sexual assault.

“The investigation has corroborated the odious acts endured by the victim and we will keep responsible officials,” said Lieutenant Andy McNeil, spokesperson for the County County Office, in an interview. The authorities have not identified the 18 -year -old adolescent.

Mr. Mosely is a railway driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the public transport system which serves the Philadelphia region, and Ms. Spencer is a dog manager specializing in the Danish, said the authorities. They are detained in prison as they are waiting for a detention hearing scheduled for next week. The couple’s lawyers refused to comment.

A few days after the teenager in distress entered the house where he stayed, Michael Lacey, a 36 -year -old swimming pool cleaner, said he continued to melt in tears on the brutality she had described.