and now the u.s. justice department is assessing the claims that trooper s email. david: matt rivers in eagles pass, thank you. now two young brothers just 7 and 9 have escaped an alleged house of horror, climbing out through a window. authorities believe the boys spent much of their young lives trapped in their home, a latch on the outside of their bedroom door. here is alex perez. reporter: tonight, this mother facing criminal charges, along with her boyfriend, after police in milwaukee say her two sons ages 7 and 9 escaped a house of horrors where they were locked up for years. sounds like some of the neighbors be saying that the children might be in danger. reporter: neighbors calling 9-1-1 after spotting the brothers walking around naked and bloody, describing them like cavemen. the look on their faces was pure bewilderment. i don t think they d ever been outside before. reporter: police say the windows in their bedroom were boarded up but they escaped through anothe