PHOTO 1: Augusta Co. Sheriff Randall D. Fisher giving the press information.
PHOTO 2: Elizabeth Middleton, director of Shenandoah Valley Social Services.
Tuesday Feb. 27, 2007 – 5:30 pm, The August Co. Sheriff Department held a press conference to give out information on the Father and stepmother that are suspected of Child abuse. Steven Tomlin, and Heather Tomlin had alegtliey locked there two daughters, that are 15 and 16 years old in there rooms. The rooms had little more then box springs and camping toilets. Augusta Co. Sheriff's office said the Tomlins' two daughters were kept in the rooms as punishment. The two girls where a lowed to leave the locked rooms to go to school and when not being punished where allowed to go see friends. The 15-year-old sad she'd been held in her room for 100 days. Her sister the 16-year-old was held for 128 days. The Kitchen cabinets in the home were kept locked also. Authorities learned of what was happing in the home after a friend of the 15 year old girl confuted in a friend and that friend called authorities.
The sheriff's office and the Shenandoah Valley Social Services are working closely to find out all the details. The two teens are now staying with a relative.
Photo/Story Nathan Combs
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