A Texas mother allegedly duct-taped a 7-year-old relative’s mouth shut then locked her in a cage for hours beneath a Christmas tree.
Single mother Rose Anderson zip-tied the woman in her Houston residence as “discipline” for “her behavior at school,” in response to court docket paperwork obtained by ABC 13, which solely described the teenager as a relative.
She kicked the woman and left her locked up for hours with out meals, water or a rest room — forcing her to urinate on herself, the docs mentioned.
The woman was lastly freed — however Anderson will doubtless now spend the vacations in jail, going through a felony cost of illegal restraint, the outlet famous. She is being held on the Harris County Jail on a $10,000 bond after an preliminary listening to Sunday.
“It was strange to me,” neighbor Lonnie Hatchet mentioned of the accusations of brutal punishment.
“What happened to time out? Take away one of the Christmas gifts, but not the dog cage — come on!”
Anderson was described as a single mother working three jobs.
