CA - Couple and their adult daughter charged with strangling and withholding food from 6 foster children - San Bernardino County, May 15, 2025

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Calif. Couple and Their Daughter, 23, Charged with Torture After Allegedly Strangling and Withholding Food from 6 Foster Children

Kenneth Michael Key, Tina Marie Sheffield Key and Kaitlynn Marresa Key were all charged with six counts of torture and one count of child abuse in relation to the alleged physical, emotional, and mental abuse of six foster children they cared for.

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Kenneth Michael Key, 60, Tina Marie Sheffield Key, 60, and their daughter Kaitlynn Marresa Key, 23, were arrested Monday, May 12.

 

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"After an extensive investigation conducted by San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Crimes Against Children Unit, and Loma Linda University Medical Center Children's Assessment Center, it is alleged that Kenneth and Tina Key, and their adult daughter subjected all six children (aged four - sixteen), to years of physical, emotional, and mental abuse," the D.A.'s office said in a statement.
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The sheriff's department had previously said the youngest victim was 5 years old.
California family faces torture charges, accused of abusing kids in their care

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