Eight People Held Against Their Will In Texas Home For As Long As 10 Years

A suspect has been arrested and is in police custody.

Houston police on Friday said they found eight people, four men and four women, who were held captive against their will for as long as a decade, it was reported.

Police went to the home at around 8:30 a.m. and found that the front door was nailed shut, reported News 92 FM.

The men, aged 54 to 79 years old, were found locked in the home’s garage. CNN reported that eight people in total–four men and four women–were held against their will. The women were described as having mental illness.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.