I wasn't sure whether to post this sick story here, or in the WTFIWWY Austin thread. It works in both.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-police-to-hold-press-conference-on-missing-child-case/
The Austin Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 9-year-old girl, concerned for her welfare after her mother was accused of locking another child in a closet for “weeks at a time,” according to an arrest affidavit. Ava Marie Gonzales was last seen by family in December 2017, when she was two years old. She was in the custody of her mother, Virginia Gonzales, at the time, police said."
In regard to the 7-year-old found locked in a closet, "The girl was taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center, where she was found to weigh 29 pounds, the affidavit said. She had dark-colored spots covering her body that medical staff said were signs of malnourishment, police said. She also made comments that her “bones hurt." "The closet had no light or air circulation and was about 4 foot 9 inches by 1 foot 10 inches."