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8-year-old locked in basement by father and his partner had U-shaped bruises from being hit with fly swatter

The child was locked in a dark basement with a bare cement floor without food for up to nine hours every day by father Alex Shadlow and his partner Traci Tyler
UPDATED FEB 14, 2019

The horrific torture inflicted on an eight-year-old boy by his father and his partner who locked him up in a basement for close to half-a-day at a time has been detailed to the court.

According to the Des Moines Register, 30-year-old Alex Shadlow and his girlfriend, 40-year-old Traci Tyler, were arrested in Ackley, Iowa on Wednesday, 18 July, and charged with first-degree kidnapping for regularly keeping the former's son confined in a 6-foot-by-6-foot area under the basement stairs.

The child, whose identity has not been revealed due to his minor status, was left with no food for up to nine hours at a time in the summer of 2017. The basement enclosure had no light and a bare cement floor.

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