Two Children Locked In Caged Room

Odd News-Vancouver, Washington - A couple is facing criminal mistreatment charges after police say they locked two children, ages 5 and 7, in a caged room. According to investigators, the responding patrol officers discovered two of the children were locked in a bedroom that had the door removed and replaced with a cage-like door, restricting access to the rest of the apartment. Alayna Higdon said that she kept them locked up “because they are autistic, it’s the only way to contain them.” When officers talked to John Eckhart and asked why the children were in a cage, they say he responded, “What am I supposed to do, let them run around the house and get into everything? What kind of ******* parenting is that?’”  More