NJ - Teen Escapes Captivity & Abuse Since 2018 by Brenda Spencer and Branndon Mosley, Gloucester Twnsp May 2025

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

This thread is dedicated to discussing this specific case and is getting derailed with off topic bickering.

Please get back on topic by discussing THIS case .

Thanks !!

 

[sunspun]

Have they said if her 13 year old sister was allowed to come and go from the house like normal or was she also confined? Seems like she would have told someone about her sister if she could.

I suppose their bio father is nowhere in the picture?

 

[LittleSeaTree]

Their parents. It’s the sole job of every parent to protect their children. They are solely responsible in every way.
If anyone in proximity to the child suspects abuse, it should be reported to the authorities.

IMO

Like this young lady’s parent. smh

 

[tlcya]

Have they said if her 13 year old sister was allowed to come and go from the house like normal or was she also confined? Seems like she would have told someone about her sister if she could.

I suppose their bio father is nowhere in the picture?

initial article said this:

A teenager escaped a New Jersey home where prosecutors say she was confined to a dog crate and held captive with her younger sister for years, allegedly by a couple who are in custody on abuse and kidnapping charges.
Teen locked in dog crate escapes New Jersey home where confined for years, prosecutors say

but another article says:
The victim lived in the home with her 13-year-old sister, who observed some of the abuse, Testa said.
New Jersey couple accused of abusing child for years to stay in jail until trial: "domestic torture"

So I am thinking the 13 year old, who is 5 years the junior of the victim, wasn't abused but observed the abuse. One of the articles I linked above also states the victim suffers from an unnamed disability so perhaps that is why they selected her as the victim/scapegoat. Or perhaps the 13 year old old is only victim's half sibling (being the child of the stepdad) and that is why she apparently didn't suffer quite the same abuse as victim. The article also says victim's bio father is jailed for SA ing her. So this poor child has already been victimized and then her mother chooses to allow the stepfather to do the same and worse to her

 

[sunspun]

Have they said how she was able to escape??

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

I've done work at the Camden County jail and have been everywhere in the building. Rest assured, (to quote Spinal Tap) these two are living in a hellhole. They're on different floors and will have unique experiences. If the woman isn't claustrophobic, she will be. She'll know the feeling of being trapped in a dog cage - only she'll be sharing it with many (hungry) wolves. The guy will be roaming the same floor as the inmates in the red jumpsuits. Considering his charges, he'll want to stay away from the inmates in the red jumpsuits.