The DCF had to forcibly open the door when the boy was rescued. The father reportedly said he only locked him in there "in case a fire started."
The father reportedly told the cops that caging the boy was justified because of his "behaviors and stuff."When the alleged victim was asked where he used a restroom, he said: "If I have to urinate, my dad makes me go in the yard. If I have to do something elseA bucket containing human feces was found in the shed.
Counselling Director at Florida Gulf Coast University, Dr. Abbe Finn, preached that people need to be “looking out for special needs members of our community to make sure that they are being cared for in the ways that anyone would want them to be.” Lieutenant Carrillo said: "She [Hines] said she had no knowledge of anything going on and tried to distance herself from the situation. But when we spoke to the victim, he told us what her part was."Cops said how the boy reacted to news that his dad had been arrested, saying: "Oh thank God I don't have to go back to that shed again."