Parents found guilty after 3 girls held captive, fed rancid food

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A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate and defecate in their closets.
he girls testified to having been physically abused, taken out of school and held captive for several months before the two younger girls escaped through a window in November 2013. Police rescued the oldest girl, who was held in a different room.

They were 12, 13 and 17 at the time. The Associated Press does not generally name minors who authorities say are victims of crimes.

All three testified in the trial that began over two weeks ago. They described months of abuse and bizarre rules imposed by their parents. The girls were forced to wake up at 2 a.m. every day to march in place, sometimes for so long that their legs ached, they said. They said they were fed rancid food and forced to overeat or face punishment.

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"They had fruit daily, they had snacks daily. They were never without. I always had fruit for them," she said.

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