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The malnourished. girl weighed only 25 pounds and was just 3 feet tall when she was res cued Monday night. The 4- by 8- foot closet was littered with hu man waste and soiled clothing. Barbara Catherine Calhoun, 30, and Kenneth Ray Atkinson, 33, were arrested for investiga tion of injury to a child. They were being held in the city jail and were to be transported to the Dallas County jail Tuesday evening. Formal charges were expected late Tuesday. Atkinson also was arrested for an outstanding charge of theft by check and probation violation. The girl was taken to Chil dren’s Medical Center of Dallas for treatment of malnutrition. Police said the girl shotild weigh at least 50 pounds. “It appears this suspected abuse may have been ongoing for several months or even years,” said Hutchins Police Chief Gregory Griffin at a news conference Tuesday. Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said she is in stable condition, al though the girl may suffer from other medical conditions. The child’s skin was peeling on her back and buttocks, and her stom ach was bloated. Five other children in the home, ranging from 22 months old to 11 years, were placed in emergency foster care. Police said it did not appear they were malnourished, although the mobile home they lived in was filled with dirty clothes, trash and pet feces. CPS will ask a Dallas Coun ty judge Wednesday to take temporary custody of the six children. Police did not identify the couple Tuesday afternoon, but said the mother was 30 and the stepfather was 33. Hutchins Police Officer Gary McClain said the stepfa ther told a neighbor at the Peb ble Creek Mobile Home Park about the girl Monday evening. Joe Rivers, the neighbor, then went to the fire station and con tacted police. When police arrived at the home, the mother was gone and "Motoris for the children, McClai: ie some rel The mother was arrested Id Rose R< she returned home arc Oman for a.m. Tuesday. Police didi y is keep where she had been. f n d, helf; Rivers said he had befe'fjf^ s dowr the man and that their diil|r 0 * :or ' s t- played together at the rot' ' '[ e a,e home park. But he didn'tJl 0 I an 1 until Monday that the W/ owe ' it r glestaver old was living with the faiu $ 1 Ie said he w,shcd $1 _ 6> have helped earlier. j n “I sat at his kitchen table; yp e | ow ing cards,” Rivers said, i'as|$1.36 p “That just makes me sick iristi and Rivers said the man bfflhe natb his wife for the abuse, sadls $1.66 continued in some fornik'd, down months. pnth. Pr “He said that she (their -46 per c er) couldn’t control thee'^ ' n Ca But il you’d seen the cli kind of trouble could she] caused?” said Rivers. I he stepfather did not] help, Rivers said, becausf feared authorities wt away all the kids, three oh were his biological childrtj “1 Ie feels terrible,” said. “He said the nigbD were killing him. But hewl rifled of losing those kids.’ Police said the 8-year-i peared to have been neg for some time. She toldt she was 2 years old. Police said they did notl'j if the girl, or other child tended school. Police had' called to the home,several earlier to investigate am ed child welfare caseinvolij neighbor family. They! signs of the 8-year-old gir^ Marleigh said the girb have died if the neighbork acted quickly. “Parents are to love, and nurture their children] said. “But when they are! gent, the neighbors must! forward.” When I looked in her eyes, it looked like she'd been in o dungeon for days and days. I thought, 'My God, how can anybody do that'". ,, — Gary McClain Hutchins police officer the stepfather was feeding the girl spaghetti at the kitchen table. “She was eating as fast as she could,” McClain said. The officer said the girl, who was filthy with matted hair, was the size of a toddler. “When I looked in her eyes, it looked like she’d been in a dungeon for days and days. I thought, ‘My God, how can anybody do that?’ ” But the girl was talking and in good spirits, McClain said. “She probably thought com ing to the dinner table was the highlight of her night,” he said. The stepfather was coopera tive and provided birth certifi cates and immunization records