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ple locked an 8-year-old girl in a
dark, lice-infested closet for four
months, where she lay on a
urine-stained blanket and ate
bits of bread and water.
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
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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 '
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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
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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