Five Arrested in Amite - Autistic Woman Found Living In Cage

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According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies were responding to a complaint filed on June 30 alleging a 22-year-old woman was being held in a cage, according to WGNO.

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The woman appeared to be malnourished and had numerous insect bites on her body. There was also a five-gallon bucket in the cage where she was forced to defecate, authorities said. All of her personal belongings were in the cage as well.

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