Four mentally disturbed disabled adults, were found malnourished in a locked boiler room by the buildings landlord on Saturday. Police believe Linda Weston (the ring leader of this scheme) had been stealing their Social Security disability checks, as part of a much-larger fraud.
This twisted crime to collect their benefit checks could be among the first of its kind prosecuted as a federal hate crime, an FBI official said yesterday. The four disabled were kept behind a locked steel door where they were beaten, mistreated and only given water to drink by their captors (pictured above).
The cramped, 6-foot-high, 15-foot-wide bomb shelter was hidden behind the steel door in the basement of Linda Weston’s home and stank of urine and human feces, authorities said. The four were found lying in their own filth.
This story is so disturbing and inhumane, I had an extremely hard time writing about it.
The three suspects, ringleader Linda Ann Weston, her boyfriend Gregory Thomas and accomplice Eddie Wright, all face multiple charges for holding the victims, who authorities say have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds.
Police believe the four, who range in age from 29 to 40 were held so Weston, Thomas and Wright could keep their Social Security checks.
Oh God!!!! Disgusting!!!!!
I feel SICK!!!!! How could they do this to these people 😦
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Ugh I feel sick!
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truly deplorable. never let these criminals see the light of day again.
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Wow!!!!
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This is a damn shame!!!!! I hope somebody whoop they asses in jail then PISS on them!!!!!! Greedy Bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Low Down!
Just low down!!!
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Lawd Jesus just PRAY for the victims. This is sad!!!!
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OMG, this is disgusting!!…now that these 3 people have been arrested. Put them in a closed jail cell and let them get a taste of of the same conditions these 4 people lived in and let them ROT there forever.
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They should get the death penalty…fa real!!!!!
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Death or incarceration is too good for them….I can’t even discribe a punishment that would be suitable…..
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it is really hard to believe someone could do this to a human being. wow
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Life with NO parole!!!!!
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This is slavery!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!!!!!!!
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I cosign Q,
this is slavery! I hope they beat their asses!!!!!!!!!
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I hope they beat their asses!!!!!!!!!
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you hope WHO beat whose asses? explain or complete your comment 2Thick
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I hope they beat their asses!!!!!!!!!
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you hope WHO beat whose asses? explain or complete your comment 2Thick
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prison oficials, guards, the public anybody who can get at these low down, low life greedy individuals who did this. This story is sick!
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@2Thick,
I feel you they should FRY they asses!!!
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This story is so disturbing and inhumane, I had an extremely hard time writing about it.—> I bet you did Baby Girl….This story is so gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This story is so gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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when i heard about this on the news I couldn’t believe it. people are so desperate and hard up for cash they’ll do anything.
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deplorable and disgusting!!!!!!!
😦
I have tears in my eyes.
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Moning Ceo Fam.
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Happy Friday ELove sweetie. 🙂
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Good morning y’all
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whatz up party people.
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Happy Friday Everybody!!!!
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Good morning all.
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Morning ELove, Corp, Cameo, Daisy and all the rest.
But I would be remiss in not stating how this story has repulsed me. where were these disabled victims relatives? I mean why didn’t somebody check up on these people when they went missing? This is truly a disgrace!
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But I would be remiss in not stating how this story has repulsed me. where were these disabled victims relatives? I mean why didn’t somebody check up on these people when they went missing? This is truly a disgrace!
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Morning Brown, I agree it’s like NOTHING shocks me anymore SMH
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Morning Whatz up people
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Good morning Ceo Family 🙂
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Hey Q!!!!!!
Morning Everybody!!!!!!!!
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Goo morning ceo people
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GOOD…Good MORNING that is LOL
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Hey Civil!!!
Corp
ELove
Cameo1
Ashanti
2Thick
Brown and anyone I missed 🙂
Whatz up ya’ll? Happy Friday Morn.
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Maoning people
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whatz up erbody? hope ya’ll have a good weekend.
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😦 @ this whole story and the fact that they were smelling their own urine and feces for dayz. wow
😦
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this whole story and the fact that they were smelling their own urine and feces for dayz. wow
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smelling it not even the point, they were living with it. and if they were peeing and shittin in a pail you know damn well they wasn’t washing their asses 😦
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Morning Civil,
Exactly, the whole situation is just hard to hear/read about. how could anyone treat mentally challenged individuals like this? It hurts 😦
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This story is str8 disgusting! and look the ring leader with her past criminal history she def. going to jail and hope this time she’ll never see the light of day. damn shame what she did to 4 retards. damn ain’t nobody safe in todays world.
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4 retards
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um your choice of words could a been better.
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