Texas - A 9-year-old Galveston boy who ran away last month is in foster care after authorities say they discovered he was kept locked in a small room and may have been photographed inappropriately.
The boy was missing for a few hours July 22 before police found him and took him back home. That's when Child Protective Services got involved, said spokeswoman Estella Olguin.
"We got the call once the police found him and took him back home and discovered his living conditions," she said. "We took emergency custody that same day."
According to a court affidavit for a search warrant, the boy's father took a Galveston police officer to a laundry or utility room, telling them it was his son's bedroom. Inside, police saw what appeared to be an 8-by-6-foot particle-board box, as well as a small blanket and a pair of socks, court records state.
The boy's father told police he kept the child locked inside the room, court records state.
Olguin said the boy lived at the home with his father, stepmother and two adult siblings. More
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