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.
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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.
February 15, 2026 18:02