N.J. parents accused of keeping teen daughter in a dog crate will remain in jail ahead of trial

Parents accused of keeping their 18-year-old daughter confined in squalid conditions at their home, at times sexually abusing her, were ordered by a New Jersey judge to remain in jail ahead of a trial.

Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, appeared before Camden County Superior Court Judge Gwendolyn Blue on Thursday for a detention hearing. They were arrested last week after their daughter escaped the Gloucester Township home where she had been held captive since 2018.

Spencer is the girl’s mother, and Mosley is her stepfather. Attorneys for both defendants did not immediately return requests by NJ Advance Media for comment…

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