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Two men and three women 'kept a 22-year-old autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter and planned to use her for prostitution'
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage.
He said authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.
Two men and three women are accused of keeping a 22-year-old autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter in Louisiana.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage.
He said authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto said investigators later learned the five planned to prostitute the woman.
Panepinto said Terry Knope, 43; Raylaine Knope, 40; Taylor Knope, 18; Jody Lambert, 21; and Bridget Lambert, 19, were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirm.
Investigators discovered that the five accused conspired to transport the young woman to a specific location with the intention of prostituting her out to multiple male subjects for money, according to WDSU.
Raylaine and Terry Knope are married, according to their Facebook pages.
And Taylor Knope, who is the daughter of Terry, is the youngest of the five to be arrested.
Investigators said the woman appeared malnourished and often was locked in the crate at night to keep her from wandering away.
The Sheriff's Office said upon speaking with the woman, she appeared to suffer from numerous insect bites.
There was also a five-gallon bucket in the cage where she was forced to defecate, authorities said, as well as all of her belongings, according to WDSU.
The 22-year-old's name is not being released at this time.
The woman was turned over to the state Department of Health and Hospitals' protective services, and four children living in the house were turned over to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Panepinto said.
SOURCE (With Pictures): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-crate-shelter-planned-use-prostitution.html
Two men and three women 'kept a 22-year-old autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter and planned to use her for prostitution'
- Police said 22-year-old autistic woman was found locked in a crate outside
- Terry Knope, 43; Raylaine Knope, 40; Taylor Knope, 18; Jody Lambert, 21; and Bridget Lambert, 19, were arrested on charges of human trafficking
- Investigators said the woman was near a crate draped with a blue tarp
- Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto said investigators later learned the five planned to prostitute the woman
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage.
He said authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.
Two men and three women are accused of keeping a 22-year-old autistic woman outdoors with only a kennel-like crate as her shelter in Louisiana.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement Thursday that investigators searched the house last week after a report of a woman in a cage.
He said authorities found the woman in the back yard near the crate draped with a blue tarp.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto said investigators later learned the five planned to prostitute the woman.
Panepinto said Terry Knope, 43; Raylaine Knope, 40; Taylor Knope, 18; Jody Lambert, 21; and Bridget Lambert, 19, were arrested on charges of human trafficking and cruelty to the infirm.
Investigators discovered that the five accused conspired to transport the young woman to a specific location with the intention of prostituting her out to multiple male subjects for money, according to WDSU.
Raylaine and Terry Knope are married, according to their Facebook pages.
And Taylor Knope, who is the daughter of Terry, is the youngest of the five to be arrested.
Investigators said the woman appeared malnourished and often was locked in the crate at night to keep her from wandering away.
The Sheriff's Office said upon speaking with the woman, she appeared to suffer from numerous insect bites.
There was also a five-gallon bucket in the cage where she was forced to defecate, authorities said, as well as all of her belongings, according to WDSU.
The 22-year-old's name is not being released at this time.
The woman was turned over to the state Department of Health and Hospitals' protective services, and four children living in the house were turned over to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Panepinto said.
SOURCE (With Pictures): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-crate-shelter-planned-use-prostitution.html
