Tucson
Police, Arizona, U.S.A., investigates the case of stepfather, Fernando
Richter, and mother, Sophia Richter, who held three malnourished girls,
aged 12, 13, and 17, in deplorable conditions. The girls even used their
closets as bathrooms at times, and did not wash from four to six
months.
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The
home where three girls were held captive was a house of horrors with
24-hour surveillance, an elaborate alarm system and music blasted round
the clock, the local police narrated on November 27, 2013, Wednesday.
The parents, 34-year-old stepfather Fernando Richter and
32-year-old-mother Sophia Richter failed to let them out.
The
girls told police they were held captive for as long as two years, were
given only one meal a day and hadn’t bathed for the last four to six
months.
The
girls were fed a noodle "goulash" cops said, and occasionally fresh
fruit. Bathroom visits were requested, but if the parents would not
allow them, the girls used bags and jars in the closet as modified
toilets.
Chief
Roberto Villasenor, Tucson Police, confirmed to the newsmen that the
girls were imprisoned by “a variety of means both technological and
psychological.”
“The
home was alarmed extensively throughout the perimeter openings and
interior openings so that anyone who opened doors, there would be
immediate notice,” he said.
Video
cameras were aimed at the girls' beds 24/7, Villasenor said, though
it's unclear if the recordings were streamed outside of the home.
The
two younger girls were held in a room adjacent to another room where
the 17-year-old was held captive, Villasenor said, probably because she
has a different father than the two younger girls.
Police
made the stunning discovery when they were called to the home at 4.02
a.m. Tuesday for a domestic disturbance involving a knife.
Upon
arrival, they discovered the 12- and 13-year-old girls who had fled to a
neighbor’s home. They said Fernando had tried busting into their
bedroom with a knife, forcing them to flee.
The policemen who rescued the eldest girl said that her room was sealed off with towels pressed against the doors and windows.
The
ducts were also taped over, making the music piped into the room nearly
inaudible from the outside, Villasenor said. The parents played hip-hop
music for the 17-year-old, cops said, while the younger girls had Latin
music piped in. Villasenor said if the girls began to like the music,
the sick parents would change it to the sounds of static. The music was
so loud that the 17-year-old had no idea police had arrived at the home
early Tuesday when the girls were rescued. The officers were stunned by
the volume when they opened the door
When
the three were reunited investigators said it was clear the younger two
girls hadn’t seen their big sister in a long time and that they noted
the change in one another’s appearances, Villasenor said. The girls are
now together in a group home, he said.
The
unemployed couple now face multiple charges of kidnapping and child
abuse of the girls. The stepdad also faces a charge of sexual abuse with
a person under 15.
A Bail was set for their mother and stepfather at $75,000 and $100,000 respectively. Neither entered pleas.
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