Parents kept son with autism in enclosure for 6 years
Insets, top to bottom: Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan (Henderson Police Department). Background: The home where their son was found in a feces-filled enclosure (KLAS).

Insets, top to bottom: Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan (Henderson Police Department). Background: The home where their son was found in a feces-filled enclosure (KLAS).

Two Nevada parents confessed to confining their 11-year-old son with autism in an enclosure resembling a jail cell for six years. The case was brought to light when a truancy officer visited their home upon the child’s continuous absence from school.

Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor child neglect charge, online court records show.

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