Children held in semi truck cab, abused for 7 years: 'Rolling prison'
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- Keisha Monique Epps and her fiancé Tamra Marshon Stewart were arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, for confining four children in the cab of a semi-truck for nearly seven years, during which the children suffered neglect and sexual abuse.
- The children lived in cramped conditions, rarely allowed out of the truck, and were deprived of adequate food, hygiene, schooling, and medical care, with some sustaining untreated injuries and permanent scars.
- Two girls reported sexual abuse by Stewart, who admitted to sexually battering one girl on three occasions, while two boys reported physical abuse after confronting Stewart and Epps.
- Authorities described the children as living in a "rolling prison," with Epps allegedly witnessing the abuse and blaming the children rather than intervening.
- Both Epps and Stewart face multiple charges, including sexual abuse of a child, child neglect, and failure to report child abuse.
