4 disabled adults chained in basement, 3 suspects charged

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15340426

Three suspects have been charged with chaining four mentally disabled adults in a basement in Philadelphia and collecting their disability benefits.

Police found the victims after investigating reports of squatters.

The room was too short to stand up in, one victim was chained to a boiler, and the only food in the room was a container of orange juice, police said.

One suspect, Linda Ann Weston, previously served eight years in prison for starving a man to death 1981.