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‘A rolling prison’: 4 kids abused, held in tractor-trailer for 6 years, officials say
KLTV ^ | September 1, 2016 | WESH via CNN Newsource

Posted on 09/02/2026 6:19:22 PM PDT by crusty old prospector

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - Officials in Florida say a couple were arrested for abusing four children whom they allegedly held captive in a tractor-trailer for six years.

Keisha Epps, 51, and Tamra Stewart, 37, are facing multiple felony charges relating to the battering, molestation and neglect of four children, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday. The children were held captive in the sleeper cab of a tractor-trailer for six years, he said.

“This was a rolling prison,” Uthmeier said.

The victims in the case – two girls and two boys – ranged in age from 5 to 9 when the abuse began. The suspects were on the road nonstop, frequently traveling between Miami and Atlanta.

“This case is one of, if not the most horrific, that my team has ever had to work on,” Uthmeier said. “Here in Florida, we have zero tolerance for anybody that wants to hurt kids.”

Stewart allegedly sexually abused the two girls. When the boys confronted him or reported the abuse to Epps, they were physically assaulted and injured, Uthmeier said.

He says the victims were malnourished and rarely allowed to shower or use the restroom. They told investigators they had not been to school for about five years, nor had they seen a doctor or a dentist, according to the arrest report.

The suspects are now behind bars, and Uthmeier says the state plans to prosecute them to the fullest extent possible.

“We will pursue with everything we have the death penalty. We will seek executions if you want to come here and you want to physically molest, abuse and violate our little kids,” he said.

The investigation is ongoing, and additional charges may be filed, officials say.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bigotry; bigrig; divideandconquer; frraceobsession; frracism; frracists; inexcusable; keishaepps; racialdivision; racism; semi; sleepercab; tamrastewart; tractortrailer; unbelievable; unconscionable; usefulidiots; whitesupremacy

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How horrible. I have no words.
1 posted on 09/02/2026 6:19:22 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

SPJNK.....................


2 posted on 09/02/2026 6:24:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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3 posted on 09/02/2026 6:25:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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In a different time they’d get swift justice.


4 posted on 09/02/2026 6:26:17 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: crusty old prospector

Is that even human? Damn... Just take it out back and shoot it. Geez.


5 posted on 09/02/2026 6:26:31 PM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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“The suspects were on the road nonstop, frequently traveling between Miami and Atlanta.”

It couldn’t possibly be moving drugs, could it?


6 posted on 09/02/2026 6:28:29 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Red Badger

What a homely pair
Fry them
She could eat corn on the cob through a picket fence
A friend in the 60’s told me I could do that


7 posted on 09/02/2026 6:29:05 PM PDT by TStro (Come and take it!)
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To: Red Badger

Trick or Treat!


8 posted on 09/02/2026 6:29:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: TStro; Lazamataz

Maybe we should ask Laz for a professional opinion!...............


9 posted on 09/02/2026 6:31:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie; V_TWIN

Imagine waking up next to that...................


10 posted on 09/02/2026 6:32:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Horrific ... were these children kidnapped by these monsters?

Glad they were finally caught and the kids will get much needed treatment.


11 posted on 09/02/2026 6:32:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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Wait - Tamra is a dude? Of course, looks like Keisha might be as well.


12 posted on 09/02/2026 6:33:07 PM PDT by PAR35
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I need some FLOTUS eye-wash STAT!


13 posted on 09/02/2026 6:33:08 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Mathews

I’m ladylike and logical AND would be happy to shove a couple of rifles up their rear ends.


14 posted on 09/02/2026 6:34:29 PM PDT by Veto!
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To: crusty old prospector

Must be independently wealthy to be able to afford the diesel going up and down I-75 for years.


15 posted on 09/02/2026 6:34:42 PM PDT by PAR35
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The woman’s teeth scream meth.


16 posted on 09/02/2026 6:36:08 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Awful cubed.


17 posted on 09/02/2026 6:38:32 PM PDT by xp38
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A number of adults must have decided that these four kids did not matter, and never bothered to ask what had become of them over the past six years.

The article doesn’t say exactly what had to happen before police officers were put on this case?
What changed? Did somebody in the Child Care system finally decide to give a damn, so they began turning over filthy rocks until they found these two ‘people’ slithering about.


18 posted on 09/02/2026 6:38:33 PM PDT by lee martell
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And if they voted, their vote counts the same as yours. Geee….again, if they voted, I wonder what party they voted for?…/s


19 posted on 09/02/2026 6:39:06 PM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. e)
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They may have “voted” in Georgia and Florida. You know, dual residency.


20 posted on 09/02/2026 6:42:50 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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