A pair of twins who escaped their Cypress home in 2022 and alleged their mother tied them up and forced them to drink bleach testified Thursday that they still love their mother.
The now 18-year-old twins, who are not being identified by the Chronicle, detailed years of abuse before a jury in the 496th District Court in the case against their mother, Zaikiya Duncan, 43. Duncan’s daughter testified barely above a whisper between tears, stopping short of saying she resented her mother.
Her brother calmly articulated the worst of the abuse that they ran away from as 15-year-olds in the northwest Houston suburb…