A Kentucky couple is accused of locking their non-verbal, autistic sons in a closet when they misbehaved, according to court documents.
Casey Farthing, 41, and Stephanie Harmer, 36, of Richmond, are charged with five counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or younger, two counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment and first-degree criminal mischief. Court documents say they are married and have three children — two non-verbal, autistic boys, 8 and 9, and a 5-year-old girl.
Police in Madison County were investigating the couple after a landlord reported deplorable conditions at an apartment where they previously lived. Officers went to the parents’ new apartment and found scratches on a wall inside a closet along with smeared blood, according to court documents…