A Nevada couple said they would lock their 11-year-old son inside a metal enclosure when his quote 'behavior got out of control.'
Police visited the home to check on child who officials say had not been to school for about a week, arrest report saysClark County School District Police went to a Henderson, Nevada home to check on a child who hadn't been in class for over a week.According to a police report, Clark County School District officers went to a Nevada home on Tuesday to check on one of the children who hadn't been to school for over a week.
Misty Scanlan, 46, and Jeffrey Scanlan, 41, live in the home on Silverton Drive with their four children. In the report, officers say they saw the suspect's 11-year-old son, who has autism and was wearing a diaper, locked inside a makeshift jail cell that was covered in feces in the living room.One man was shocked to learn what was happening in his neighborhood.In an interview with police, the suspects said the metal enclosure had been inside the home for roughly six years.
The report says Misty and her two older children would clean the enclosure but stopped cleaning it about three weeks ago because they were getting "extremely busy.""There's no justification for this," the couple's neighbor said.
Jeffrey Scanlan Charged With Child Abuse Locking Son With Autism In 'Jail Cell': Henderson Nevada Police Report
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