Cops find nonverbal 4-year-old locked in a bedroom alone covered in blue stains after teen calls 911 about a separate domestic violence incident: Police

The teenage girl of a West Virginia mates called 911 to study a home unit incidental and constabulary said erstwhile they arrived, they recovered a 4-year-old kid with autism locked successful a room.

According to section CBS affiliate WDTV, 40-year-old Joshua Vincent Moore and 36-year-old Kayla Spruill were arrested connected March 5 and charged with child neglect-creating a hazard of injury. The Upshur County Sheriff's Office said successful a transgression ailment obtained by WDTV that deputies responded to a call from the couple's location aft their 18-year-old girl called 911, reporting a home unit incidental betwixt her parents.

When deputies searched the home, they recovered a 4-year-old kid unsocial successful a bedroom.

Local quality outlet The Inter-Mountain reported that deputies questioned Moore and Spruill astir the alleged home incident erstwhile they arrived astatine the home. Spruill told the deputies that Moore deed her successful the look with a telephone by accident, causing a "small laceration" to her bottommost lip.

When constabulary spoke to the daughter, she told them that altercations betwixt Moore and Spruill were common, though Moore was much often "mentally and emotionally" abusive toward Spruill.

One of the deputies asked astir different children successful the house, and the girl led them to a chamber secured by 2 locked gates alternatively of a door. Inside was a 4-year-old kid described by the girl arsenic having nonverbal autism. She told constabulary that her parents had locked the kid successful the country "for [their] ain safety."

According to the complaint, the kid was bare with bluish stains connected their feet and mouth. When the constabulary made the discovery, the kid was allegedly trying to digit overgarment with their ain feces.

The girl told constabulary that her parents asked her to skip schoolhouse to ticker the 4-year-old. She said Moore had to enactment and Spruill was not home. Police said the teen told them that Moore often locked the 4-year-old successful their country portion helium "smokes weed and plays video games."

Deputies past spoke to Spruill, who allegedly admitted that she and Moore would fastener the 4-year-old successful their chamber for information reasons due to the fact that the kid would "elope." After the deputies allegedly smelled intoxicant connected Spruill's breath, they administered a enactment trial and determined that she had a BAC of 0.1. Police said Spruill claimed she went to her friend's location aft enactment the erstwhile time and spent the night. While she was there, she claimed that she and her person divided a vessel of vino and watched a movie.

Police said Spruill stated that she returned location astatine 11:30 a.m. connected March 5. The enactment trial was conducted astatine 2 p.m.

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When constabulary spoke to Moore, helium said helium smoked marijuana erstwhile helium woke up astatine 3:30 a.m. that day, past went to work, returning location astatine 1:30 p.m. He told deputies that Spruill besides smoked marijuana that time earlier leaving for enactment and leaving her teenage girl to ticker the younger child.

Moore and Spruill were taken into custody and stay astatine the Tygart Valley Regional Jail, wherever they each are being held connected $25,000 currency bonds. Both are scheduled to look for a preliminary proceeding connected March 13.