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A couple and their daughter were charged with torture in the alleged physical, emotional and mental abuse of six foster children they took care of, said San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday 14 May, News notice.

Kenneth Michael Key, 60, Tina Marie Sheffield Key, 60, and their daughter Kaitlynn Mar trip Key, 23, was arrested on Monday 12 May.

They were accused each of six criminal bills of torture and a counted abuse against children under circumstances that are likely to cause great bodily injury or death. Prosecutors also claim a special accusation of personal supply of great bodily injury, according to the news message.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Crimes Against Children Unit and Loma Linda University Medical Center Children’s Assessment Center examined after the authorities received a tip from a caller to a threatline for child abuse on February 13 per criminal complaints obtained by people. The children were immediately removed from home that month, said San Bernardino Sheriff’s spokesman Mara Rodriguez, Per ABC News.

It was stated that the three adults exposed all six foster children, who were between 4 and 16, to many years of physical, emotional and mental abuse. “The abuse included daily strokes, suffocation for unconsciousness and punishment to keep food and water from the children for a period of days,” the news message said.

Told a neighbor to the key family, Jose Martinez ABC7 That he was shocked to know about the charges against his neighbors.

“I’ve never heard any bad sounds,” Martinez said. “I would take out their junk and see that the jars were full of snacks, so I can’t believe they had no food or denied clothes or such things, because they were quite normal.”

“Nothing was suspicious at all,” he added. “The kids would come out, I would give them popsicles and they would never mention anything to me.”

Martinez said that after the children had been removed from home, Tina told Martinez that she and the other two family members were investigated for alleged abuse against children.

“Tina was very shock, she was emotional that they removed the children,” he said. “They denied everything. I mean, I’ve never seen any problems. I’ve always seen the kids out here. It’s a lonely area, so they stayed for themselves to be honest.”

The three defendants are each held at $ 1,000,000 in the castle. Their organization is scheduled for Thursday, May 15 via video at Rancho Cucamonga Superior Courthouse.

Everyone with information about the case is encouraged to contact Detective Katie Merrill from the Sheriff’s specialized investigation department, violation of child details at (909) 890-4904. Caller who wants to remain anonymous can call WE-TIP Hotline at 1-800-78 crime (27463) or provide information on the We-TIP site on Wetip.com.

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If you suspect children, call Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline on 1-800-4-Per or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are free of charge and confidential. The threat line is available around the clock in more than 170 languages.