An 18-year-old girl says she had been locked in her room with very little food and water for at least a year before she was able to escape and get help from a neighbor, police in North Las Vegas say.
An 18-year-old girl said she had been locked in her room with very little food and water for at least a year before she was able to escape and get help from a neighbor, police in North Las Vegas said.
The girl's mother, Addy Gonzales, and grandmother, Maria Pasarin, were arrested on charges of false imprisonment and child abuse. Another person, Daniel Omezcua, was also taken into custody on the same charges. His relation to the girl is unclear. Officers were called to a home near 5th Street and Alexander Road in North Las Vegas earlier this month after a neighbor reported seeing the teenager using a ladder to climb into an upstairs bedroom, according to TelemundoThe neighbor told police that the girl had asked for food and water and said her parents were keeping her locked in a bedroom. The girl said she reportedly ate only at night when her mother returned home from work, the news station reported.
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