Texas teens' alleged escape from handcuffs at their home triggers Amber Alert, authorities say - NBC News

"Malnourished" teenage twins who escaped from handcuffs astatine their Texas location prompted an Amber Alert for 5 different siblings who were deemed harmless a time aboriginal by authorities successful Louisiana, officials said Tuesday. The twins' parent and her fellow were successful custody.

The Harris County Constable Precinct 5 issued an Amber Alert aboriginal Tuesday for the 5 children, ages 7 to 14, according to statements connected its Facebook page.

Jeff McShan, a spokesperson for the precinct, said the incidental began erstwhile the 16-year-old twins, a lad and a girl, contacted a neighbour Monday and asked to telephone 911 due to the fact that they had escaped from their location wherever they “had been handcuffed and held against their volition by their mom.”

The siblings said they had lone precocious moved to the location and didn’t cognize their address, McShan said.

“It was evident to america and the occurrence section that the children were successful distress. They had marks connected their wrists, beauteous heavy marks from the handcuffs. They were bruised and malnourished successful our eyes,” helium said.

NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston reported the twins were hospitalized and are successful the custody of Child Protective Services.

A Texas mates who triggered an Amber Alert aft 2 teens who were successful their attraction allegedly escaped from handcuffs and told authorities successful Cypress, La.PRC

McShan said it took authorities respective hours Monday to find the location from which the twins had fled. When they arrived there, the children’s mother, Zaikiya Duncan, 40, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Jova Terrell, had seemingly fled with Duncan’s 5 different children, McShan said.

 “The Amber Alert has been lifted oregon volition beryllium lifted shortly. The children were recovered astatine a relative’s location and person been deemed harmless by the Louisiana State Police. Their parent and mom’s fellow are successful custody and volition beryllium brought backmost to Harris County,” according to the constable’s office.

The constable’s bureau said it is recommending charges of wounded to a child, a first-degree felony, for Duncan and Terrell. It besides said the children's 18-year-old member whitethorn person gone missing, too.

Duncan and Terrell were arrested aft a postulation halt Tuesday afternoon, Louisiana State Police said successful a connection Wednesday. They were wanted for being fugitives from Harris County, according to the agency. A juvenile was successful the car with the couple, authorities constabulary said. Five different children who were dropped disconnected astatine a relative's location successful the Baton Rouge country were aboriginal identified and accounted for, according to police.

McShan said helium expects the mates to instrumentality to Texas this week to look charges. It was not wide Wednesday if they had retained an attorney.

Duncan was listed connected a complaint of fugitive astatine the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison connected Wednesday afternoon. Terrell was not listed arsenic an inmate there.

Relatives for Duncan and Terrell could not beryllium reached Wednesday.