Torture

Priscilla Mestaz and Anthony Machuca face multiple charges, including torture, for allegedly abusing Mestaz's 11-year-old niece in Stanislaus County. The pair forced the girl to sleep in an uninsulated garage and dragged her with a dog leash. Authorities discovered the abuse after the child refused to return home.

March 02, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

A Michigan couple and their adult son face charges of child abuse and torture after allegedly starving two boys, aged 9 and 11, to severe emaciation while confining them to a locked bedroom. The case came to light when one boy was hospitalized in critical condition in November 2025. Authorities describe the neglect as one of the worst they have encountered.