Mother’s boyfriend charged in case of girl found in closet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MCT) — Jackson County, Mo., prosecutors on Wednesday filed two charges of felony child endangerment against the boyfriend of a woman who allegedly barricaded her 10-year-old malnourished daughter in an apartment closet.
Marcus R. Benson, who regularly stayed with the girl’s mother, told Kansas City police he didn’t know that the girl had been forced to live in the dark, dingy closet without regular access to food, but the court filings suggest that prosecutors think otherwise.
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