(WDSU-TV) “I can’t believe this took place. The bad thing about it, it’s blood relatives that I helped raise,” said Rocky Stewart.
He walked around the makeshift cage on Friday where a 22-year-old autistic woman had been held captive for nearly a year.
Deputies found a makeshift cage that had been covered with plywood, pine branches and a tarpaulin. They also found the 22-year-old autistic woman covered in insect bites and malnourished. She had only a small mattress on which to sleep, a 5-gallon bucket for a toilet and another 5-gallon bucket containing water.