A Florida couple who authorities said forced their adopted teen son to live in a garage for years are facing several charges. Inside the structure were a camera, mattress and bucket, police said.
Tracy Christine Ferriter and Timothy Dunne Ferriter, both 46, were arrested Tuesday on aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment charges, Jupiter Police officials said.
According to police, the couple had physically abused the 13-year-old and forcibly confined him to live in the garage since at least 2017.The investigation began when detectives responded to the couple's home on Jan. 30 while looking into reports of a teen who was a missing runaway. While one of the detectives was in the home, he noted an 8X8-foot structure in the garage that was described by Tracy Ferriter as a small office, officials said.
The structure had a doorknob and deadbolt that both locked from the outside, along with a light switch on the exterior.
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