RichRistretto
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- The latest accusations levied by the children in court documents included that they had drink water from a supply valve in the washing machine
- Their mother would force them to take up to two dozen Benadryl in order to get to sleep
- The severely malnourished teenage girl and boy have already told how they and their siblings had been starved, beaten, and handcuffed
- Zaikiya Duncan, 40, was arrested on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with her boyfriend Jova Terrell, 27
- The pair have been charged with aggravated assault of a family member
- Her seven children aged from seven to 16 were taken into care after the alarm was raised by the eldest, 16-year-old twins, near the family home in Houston
- The severely-malnourished twins told police they were handcuffed, starved, forced to drink bleach and eat their own excrement
- Duncan's social media feed, which ends in June 2021, shows a group of happy-looking, healthy children performing dance routines
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- The children also alleged they were whipped with electrical cords, beaten with a metal rod, and made to drink bleach as a punishment. They also said they had to drink water from a supply valve in the washing machine
- This comes after a disturbing new video emerged showing Duncan dancing happily with her smiling children - a little over a year before two of them escaped her captivity and told of an appalling regime of abuse.
Yet the previous summer, Duncan was posting proud photos of her children - and the year before that, they were dancing together on TikTok.
The family had recently moved to Texas and the twins were not even sure of their address.
The home, on Marina Alto Lane, had sold in late July and was valued between $552,001 and $627,000.
Police are yet to confirm whether Duncan and her boyfriend had bought or rented the house
Duncan had previously been accused of child abuse, 10 years ago in Louisiana.
A five-year-old child of hers was taken from school to a local hospital to be treated for burns to his feet, genitals, and other parts of his body.
Doctors determined it was likely the result of being burned by hot water. The boy also had bruises on his torso, back, hip and buttocks.
When police went to Duncan's home, they found a 20-month-old child wrapped in clothing with his hands bound. The only other person in the home was the child's 4-year-old brother, according to the documents.
Police said Duncan admitted to routinely disciplining one child by making him get into a push-up position for up to an hour, causing the child's hands to swell.
The child was also forced to sleep on the closet floor, with the door of the closet blocked by boards to keep the child from 'escaping' and 'stealing food from the kitchen,' court records said.
Police reported at the time that two of Duncan's other children also showed signs of abuse and were removed from the home. They said Duncan admitted she had been investigated for abuse of the children in the past.
She was charged with cruelty to juveniles, but the children were ultimately returned to her.
My question is why does society let women keep their kids even tho they be abusing them too? shyt doesn't make any sense
