A Florida couple is being charged with child neglect after allegedly keeping four children confined in the cab of a tractor-trailer for almost six years without "time to take showers, use the restroom," or "exercise outside," arrest records show.The children "have not been allowed to attend school for approximately five years," they told interviewers at a child advocacy center, according to an arrest report.Keisha Epps, 51, and her fiancé, Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, have been living in the cab with the children while Epps works as a truck driver, driving a route between Miami and Atlanta, according to court documents.Since December 2019, the children were kept inside the vehicle "for the majority of their days."POLYGAMOUS SECT LEADER CONVICTED ON STATE CHARGES AFTER GIRLS FOUND IN UNVENTILATED TRAILERA Florida couple faces four child neglect charges after investigators said four children spent nearly six years largely confined inside a tractor-trailer cab.(Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)A detective on the case reported the children were "walking with an unnatural gait from being confined to the cab."They were "fed poorly," and they never received medical or dental care—even for emergencies, the report shows.During the interview, one of the children recalled a time she "burned herself badly with cooked noodles.""There was a lot of blood," she said.Neither Stewart nor Epps took her to get medical treatment, the child told investigators.
The child has a "permanent scar" from the burn, court records show.16 CHILDREN FOUND LIVING IN 'DEPLORABLE' OHIO HOME CONDITIONS, 4 ARRESTED: 'PURE EVIL'Court records say all four children shared a bunk so small they had to sleep curled up side by side inside the tractor-trailer cab.(Joe Raedle/Newsmakers via Getty Images)Stewart, who "would watch" the children when Epps was sleeping, showering, and driving the truck, the children said.
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