updated 8:36 p.m. ET July 22, 2009
DALLAS - Three children were kept in a hotel bathroom for about a year and were "horribly emaciated(消瘦的)" when police found them earlier this month, authorities said. One claimed to have been repeatedly sexually assaulted.
The children's mother, 30-year-old Abneris Santiago, is charged with injury to a child. Her 37-year-old live-in boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, is charged with aggravated(尖锐化) sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse(虐待).
The extended stay hotel where the Santiagos lived sits alongside one of Dallas' busiest freeways(高速公路). It has daily and weekly rates and offers maid service for an extra cost, though it wasn't clear if hotel employees had entered the unit where the children were found.