Chilling details of a pair of twins held captive in a house of Horrors by their parents have been revealed after their harrowing escape.
The twins told authorities they were subjected to cruel punishments while locked inside the Houston home and lived in squalor.
Shocking Ring camera footage captured the shivering 16-year-olds running from door to door, begging anyone for help early Tuesday morning.
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After continually being turned away, a kind single mother brought them inside, where they revealed chilling details about their living situation.
“They were so skinny and so frail,” the Good Samaritan told KHOU 11.
Now, their mother, Zaikiya Duncan, 40, and her boyfriend Jova Terrell, 27, have been arrested after the couple fled the home and were caught in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
HANDCUFFED
The twins were reportedly handcuffed inside the home and were kept naked in the laundry room with their feet bound with zip ties.
According to the court documents, both of them suffered cuts, bruises, and scars all over their body.
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Duncan was previously accused of child abuse about a decade ago when her then five-year-old son was taken from school to be treated for burns to his genitals, feet and other body parts at the hospital.
Doctors said the child, who was also covered with bruises, was likely scalded by hot water.
According to the documents, police went to Duncan’s home, where they found a 20-month-old child wrapped in clothing with his hands bound.
MADE TO DRINK BLEACH
While being treated at the Texas Children’s Hospital, the one of the twins told police their mother gave them bleach to drink and poured on their genitals until their skin burned.
Court documents reviewed by KHOU showed that they also said that they were forced to drink cleaners like Lysol and Easy Off if they “talked too much.”
The boy told investigators that Duncan gave him 24 Benadryl tablets to make him sleep once but they caused him to have a seizure.
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FORCED TO EAT & DRINK BODILY FLUIDS
Court documents also claimed that the victims said they weren’t allowed to use the bathroom and were forced to urinate, defecate on themselves, and that Duncan would often make them eat and drink it.
Using dirty mop water was the only way to clean themselves, the twins claimed.
The alleged abuse continued as the mother used a curtain rod, extension cord, and other harmful objects to discipline her children.
Jeff McShan, spokesman for the Harris County Constable Precinct 5, spoke with The U.S. Sun about the twins’ condition.
“They may have to have surgery because of old broken bones that have healed on their own,” he said.
Because they allegedly had drank Clorox and urine, “they have to be checked out internally,” which will cause them to spend a good amount of time in the hospital’s care, he said.
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SIBLINGS KEPT IN BATHROOM
“They told me that their mom kept them locked in the laundry room, naked, zip tied from the ankles, and handcuffed from the wrist,” said the Good Samaritan.
By the time deputies found the house to investigate, Duncan, Terrell, and the twin’s six siblings including an 18-year-old were gone.
An Amber Alert was then issued for the five children between the ages seven and 14.
It was found that the family previously lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and have family there, said McShan.
“Their mother and mom’s boyfriend are in custody and will be brought back to Harris County,” the Harris County Constable Precinct 5 revealed in a Facebook post about the cancellation of the Amber Alert.
McShan said only the 18-year-old child of Duncan was with the couple when Louisiana police arrested them.
“So, the five kids that were part of the Amber Alert were still missing,” he said.
When officers asked the woman where the children were, McShan said she told them she dropped them off at their aunt’s house.
McShan said officers immediately went to the home of the aunt whom Duncan said the kids were with because they were concerned about the kids.
He said the kids were found at the family member’s home, and they were “deemed to be safe.”
The adult child might have left, McShan said. “I think he may have taken off in the car.”
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HARROWING ESCAPE
One of the twins found a handcuff key in his mom’s purse and hid it in his mouth before the twins unlocked the cuffs and freed themselves.
They were barefoot and the boys had no shirts on as they pleaded for someone to help them.
The woman who took them in said the twins told her they didn’t know the address of the house they ran from because they hadn’t lived there long and hadn’t been outside recently.
The woman fed the twins, gave them blankets, and called the Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 5.
Both twins are currently in CPS custody in Houston.
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