Police: Couple bound, gagged and taped twin 4-year-olds to wall

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS/AP

By CRIMESIDER STAFF AP
September 12, 2017, 5:46 PM


CINCINNATI — A man and his girlfriend restrained his 4-year-old twin boys with shoelaces, gagged them with socks and stuck them to a wall with duct tape, authorities said.

James Howell Jr. and his girlfriend, Jamie Carver, were charged with two counts of kidnapping and child endangering, WLWT-TV reported. Both were released on bond after a hearing Tuesday.

Howell's children have been placed with a foster family by Hamilton County Job and Family Services.

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Police responded to a Cincinnati apartment Sunday afternoon. Investigators say Howell and Carver bound the children with a belt and shoelaces. Police say the boys were also gagged with socks to keep them from making any noises and were stuck to a wall with duct tape in the apartment.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-couple-bound-gagged-and-taped-twin-4-year-olds-to-wall/

[pnwmom]

1. The twins mother died earlier this summer and then the GF moved in.

Makes me wonder how the mother died.

What hell these children have been through.

http://fox8.com/2017/09/12/police-ohio-father-girlfriend-gagged-duct-taped-twin-4-year-olds-to-wall/

The twins’ mother died earlier this summer, WLWT reports, and that’s when Carver moved in.

[barbtries]

3. wow.

that is suspicious.

i can't believe what some people will do even to their own children. heartbreaking.

[pnwmom]

4. And the GF has had domestic violence convictions.

http://www.wlwt.com/article/police-couple-restrained-twins-with-shoelaces-taped-them-to-wall/12217405

Carver was described by her court appointed attorney as “low functioning.”

The judge read from her record which includes domestic violence convictions.

Howell, who has an 8th grade education, has a minor record but no violent convictions.

[barbtries]

5. i hope they get a better chance from here on out.

innocents.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Thanks for this link. The video helped develope the picture, very well.

Those two people should never have been anywhere near helpless little people.

[Me.]

2. How Did The Police Find Out

Who made the call

[democrank]

6. Those poor little children....

[iluvtennis]

7. Just SMDH....

...here are their pics. They both look challenged.

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[Turbineguy]

8. What the fuck is going on here?

The pressures of everyday living are crushing people.