3 Siblings "Doe" - 5, 6, 8 yo - (June 2012) / Convicted: Parents James and Samantha Taylor - Stubenville OH

Abusive parents admit 'punishing' children by cramming them into plastic boxes they then sealed shut with duct tape

• Father-of-three
  James Taylor was the architect of the abuse which included dropping
  weights on his children's toes and forcing them to stand on pins
  
• His wife and two of the children's uncles pleaded guilty yesterday to failing to stop the abuse of the 5, 6 and 8-year-olds
  
• Family friend found the children stuffed in plastic storage boxes in June last year and immediately raised the alarm
  

PUBLISHED: 11:07 EST, 23 January 2013 | UPDATED: 11:14 EST, 23 January 2013

A husband and wife pleaded guilty to stuffing their three children into
plastic storage boxes and making them stand on pins to 'punish' them
yesterday.

Samantha, 26, and James Taylor, 29, of Steubenville,
Ohio pleaded guilty to counts of child endangerment and unlawful
restraint, according to WTOV9.

They subjected their three children aged 5, 6 and 8 to horrific torture when they believed they had misbehaved.



Torture: James Taylor, 29, and wife Samantha Taylor, 26, pleaded guilty to child
endangerment and unlawful restraint. The boxes were only one form of
torturous punishment used against the children



Taped in: This is one of the storage boxes used in the abuse of three
children in Steubenville, Ohio. The three children 8, 5, 6 were stuffed
in the boxes which were then taped shut

It included restraining the children before taping them into small storage boxes.

They were placed inside the boxes for 15-30 minutes with square holes cut out of the lids to expose the top part of their faces.

Water was also poured on the children while they were crammed in, struggling to breath.

They also had weights dropped on their toes and were forced to stand on their tiptoes in the corner of a room with pins placed under their feet when the parents believed they had misbehaved.

They would then be given heavy weights to hold up in the air so when they finally gave way the pins would pierce through the soles of their feet.



Guilty: James and Samantha Taylor both made plea deals in Jefferson County
yesterday, pictured. The 'box punishment' was just one way the parents
tortured their three young children, according to the court



Indicted: Daniel McKenney (left) and Glenn Adams (right), the children's two
uncles, pleaded guilty for failing to stop the abuse. Prosecutor Jeff
Bruzzese says they face being put on probation


Location: The children, aged 5, 6 and 8, were crammed into the boxes as a
punishment at the family home in Steubenville, Ohio, pictured

'You can see in one of the photographs, there is water in the bottom of the totes," said Jefferson County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Bruzzese.

'It was apparent that water was dumped on top of these children while they were inside and restrained in these totes.'

Talking about the other abuse Bruzzese told the local broadcaster it included: 'Having weights dropped on their feet.'

'It also included the children having to stand in a corner on their tiptoes with pins and needles placed under their feet while holding weights out in the air.

'I can't imagine that they would be able to stay on their tiptoes for all that long, so if and when they were to fall, their feet would have to come down on top of these pins and needles.'

According to the court case the children's father was the main architect of their torture but their stepmother failed to stop the abuse.

'It was clear that these types of punishments were done at (Taylor's) direction and at his order," said Bruzzese.

'It certainly was repulsive that she allowed these things to go on,' Bruzzese added.

Following the plea deal, where both parents admitted two counts of child endangerment and one count of unlawful restraint, James Taylor will serve one year behind bars.

Samantha Taylor will serve two years of probation.

It was only when a family friend stumbled across the children sealed in boxes in June last year that the alarm was raised.

The unnamed witness visited the Oregon Avenue home and discovered the children. She immediately released them and called the police.

The children's two uncles also pleaded guilty to failing to stop the abuse they witnessed.

Bruzzese said Glenn Adams and Daniel McKenney would be placed on probation for unlawful restraint.

The three children are now said to be living with relatives and doing well.


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