Florida Fire Rescue Lieutenant, wife accused of locking child in room for years

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant and his wife were arrested on Tuesday after authorities say they locked their 12-year-old daughter inside a room in their home for years.

According to WTVJ, 44-year-old Joel Christopher Kohnert and 45-year-old Jennifer Renee Kohnert admitted to locking their 12-year-old child in a room for three years, forcing her to urinate and defecate inside the room and then clean it up with her clothes…

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