LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two people have been arrested in what authorities describe as a twisted, gruesome case of abuse involving a child's corpse hidden in a broken-down car, a starved baby living on water and a sheltered teenager impregnated by her stepfather.
Jondrew Lachaux, 39, and Kellie Phillips, 38, turned themselves in after the three children were discovered, North Las Vegas police said.
The two face child abuse charges. Lachaux is also charged with concealing evidence after the toddler's badly decomposed body was found in the garage.
According to court documents, the man and woman took five of their children on a trip to Oakland, California, eight months ago. The couple left behind two
daughters — a teen and a sickly 3-year-old toddler — in their suburban Las Vegas home because the rental vehicle was full.
The teen is Phillips' biological child and Lachaux's stepdaughter.
Authorities say Lachaux reportedly impregnated the teen, who gave birth at home without any medical care to a now 4-month-old girlView gallery
She struggled to care for herself while pregnant and her 3-year-old sister who had medical problems while they were home alone.
But the teen said she was too scared to call for help even after the food and medication left by their mother ran out
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