The three teenage victims weighed well below the accepted standard for their ages,” chief deputy Brian Hester said in a news conference.
The abused teens are children of Torres and three of five total children who lived inside the home. Detectives said they were treated “much, much differently” than the other two children, but would not go into details about why that was the case. Statements made by one of the victims indicated that some physical abuse did occur to at least one of the three victims, Hester said.
Investigators said one of the teens weighed just 50 pounds while having lost muscle control and other bodily functions. Officials said the teens were attending virtual school and had not left the home since December.
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