passer-by spotted emaciated wisconsin girl; relatives charged (cnn) -- wisconsin man stumbled across , alerted authorities young girl investigators kept in basement, starved , sexually abused, said tuesday looked younger 15 years -- "like came auschwitz."
mike vega of madison on way home buying milk @ store when saw looked girl, "8 or 9 years old," said, outside, wearing pajamas no shoes. temperatures below freezing.
"i thought odd ... put car in reverse , rolled down window , asked if ok. said no, needed help," vega told cnn's brooke baldwin.
described picking girl up, putting in car, wrapping feet in coat , blasting heat.
"her eyes set dehydrated. see bones in arm ... way best describe looked came auschwitz," said vega. auschwitz concentration camp in poland operated nazis during world war ii.
began talk. conversation, stepped outside car, telling girl needed call friend. dialed 911.
girl's 18-year-old stepbrother has since been charged 3 felony sexual abuse counts. 40-year-old father , 42-year-old stepmother have been charged child abuse , recklessly endangering child, both felonies, misdemeanor count of child neglect...
teenager weighed 70 pounds when vega found on february 6, according madison police report, more 30 pounds below u.s. centers disease control , prevention lists median age. doctor examined described victim of "serial child torture prolonged exposure definite starvation," report states.
according criminal complaint, investigators learned girl kept in basement of home little food , no bathroom.
ran away because afraid , upset stepmother, controlled movements , told when use bathroom , eat, complaint reads.
states girl has gained more 17 pounds month, though doctors have restricted intake because "she gorging has been throwing up."
when girl taken hospital, father "provided medical explanations physical condition," police report reads. hospital social worker raised doubts account, , investigators learned girl had been subject of prior abuse claim in 2007.
girl did not third-party allegation @ time, , family did not cooperate investigators, according report.
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