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Parents Locked Pair of Adopted Teenagers in Basement For Weeks, Police Say

Parents Locked Pair of Adopted Teenagers in Basement For Weeks, Police Say

November 8, 2012 Updated Nov 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM EDT

A shocking story from Iowa.

According to a report from the Des Moines Register, police said a 45-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman have been arrested on imprisonment and neglect charges for allegedly locking their adopted teenage children in the basement of their home for weeks. The children were only allowed out to attend school, according to the Des Moines Register report.

Read the Des Moines Register report HERE.

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