Posted on 12/02/2008 2:54:23 PM PST by CE2949BB
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A husband and wife have been charged with torture and other counts after a bruised, terrified 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.
Kelly Layne Lau, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, were arrested late Monday, said Matt Robinson, a spokesman for police in Tracy.
They had been taken into custody for questioning earlier in the day at their home in Tracy, where the emaciated boy was allegedly held against his will. A search of the home turned up evidence implicating the couple, Robinson said. Tracy is about 60 miles east of San Francisco.
They were charged with torture, kidnapping and child abuse, and were set to appear in court Thursday, officials said. Bail was set at $1.2 million for Michael Schumacher but his wife's bail had not been set, authorities said.
Police said they were searching for a third suspect but wouldn't give details.
The boy turned up half-naked Monday at the In-Shape Sports Club, near the couple's home. It's not clear how he ended up in Tracy; authorities said he ran away last year from a foster home in Sacramento, about 70 miles to the north.
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No makeup and the bad lighting used in mug shots will make everyone look awful. Can’t tell if he is a meth haed without looking at her teeth.
If not a meth user, she’d actually look prety good with some makeup and decent lighting.
He’s too fat to be a tweaker. Still, Tracy’s a pretty tough town...
There ain't enough Jack Daniels to get those words out of me.
17 year old BOY?
Add 30 years.
What?...this insanity only happens in California....
You wish.
I can only imagine what they were doing to the kid... And him running away from a foster home before that. Only 17, and what a life this poor boy has had already. I don’t understand how anyone can commit some of the crimes I hear about on a regular basis. Where’s that flashing mental sign that says kidnapping and torturing anybody, much less children, is a horrible freakin idea? This poor kid is going to carry the emotional, physical, and probably sexual scars for the rest of his life. Incidents like this, even more so than random murders, really make me feel sick for humanity. How could any American grow up thinking doing this sort of thing was ok?
‘’Guilty and Gulity’’ The court agrees.
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