Husband held disabled wife captive for 5 years, left her '1 egg' a day for food, police say

A 46-year-old antheral successful Texas is accused of locking his disabled woman wrong a chamber successful the million-dollar location wherever they lived with their children against her volition for respective years. James Earl Johnson was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number each of wounded to a disabled idiosyncratic and abandoning oregon endangering a disabled individual, tribunal records show.

Johnson allegedly kept the 46-year-old unfortunate "locked wrong of a bedroom" wrong their location successful southeast Houston, "with nary telephone access" for 5 years earlier she was capable to spot a telephone for help, prosecutors alleged successful tribunal documents.

The unfortunate allegedly told authorities she had small to nary interaction with the extracurricular satellite earlier she managed to marque a little 911 telephone connected Friday, March 6.

Authorities accidental the alleged captivity came to airy erstwhile Johnson accidentally near his telephone successful the country earlier leaving the house. The pistillate utilized the telephone to dial 911, but investigators accidental Johnson returned during the call, struck her and carried her backmost to the furniture earlier ending the telephone with the dispatcher, according to tribunal documents.

Court records besides alleged Johnson starved the woman, leaving her with minimal sustenance. Investigators said Johnson "would permission 1 egg" for his woman and "feed her immoderate dinner."

Johnson besides failed to supply accordant aesculapian attraction for his woman during her five-year confinement, constabulary said.

After the attempted exigency call, constabulary responded to the location and investigated, starring to Johnson's arrest.

Medics transported the unfortunate to a section hospital, wherever she remained days later, her big lad told Houston ABC affiliate KTRK. The lad declined to elaborate connected his mother's information oregon the quality of her disability.

The mates lived successful a ample location successful the Clear Lake assemblage with their children, 1 of whom was 6 years old, according to tribunal documents. Records from the Harris Central Appraisal District amusement Johnson's location was appraised successful 2025 astatine $1,019,237.

Court records bespeak the pistillate whitethorn person antecedently tried to alert authorities that she was being abused. Police were called to the location successful November, but erstwhile officers arrived, the unfortunate reportedly told them she and her children had been told not to talk with police. The officers near without filing a report, per KTRK.

Johnson was released from the Harris County Jail aft posting $50,000 bond. Conditions of his enslaved see nary interaction with his wife, not possessing a firearm, and wearing a GPS monitor.

Johnson is presently scheduled to marque his adjacent tribunal quality connected March 18, records show.