A woman whose twin children were found handcuffed and malnourished after they escaped their Houston-area home has been extradited to Texas.
Zaikiya Duncan, 40, appeared in a Harris County court on Sunday and was charged with two counts of assault on a family member and two counts of aggravated assault on a family member, authorities toldDuncan and her boyfriend, Jova Terrell, were arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,This combo of images provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Department shows, from left, Zaikiya Duncan, 40, left, and Jova Terrell, 27, who were arrested in Louisiana this week hours after a teenager told Texas...
On the night of Oct. 17, two 16-year-old twin siblings left their home in handcuffs and ran for help,The twins said they didn’t know their address, as they had reportedly just moved to the area and hadn’t been outside.An Amber Alert was then issued for the couple and the five children, whose ages range from 7-14.said the siblings’ 18-year-old brother was also missing.
The couple was later located by Louisiana State Police and taken into custody, the office said. Only one child was with them, and the couple said the others were dropped off at a relative’s house.According to an affidavit, the twins told authorities that they had been abused for months, and Duncan made them drink bleach and household cleaners.In 2012 in Louisiana, Duncan and another manwhile other kids were subjected to various forms of abuse.
Duncan was initially charged with cruelty to a juvenile but ultimately pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of child desertion. She was sentenced to six months in prison, the maximum sentence for child desertion under Louisiana law.
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