US couple kept 4 kids captive in truck for over 6 years, sexually abused them: Authorities

Keisha Monique Epps, 51, a truck driver, and her fiancé, Tamra Stewart. Four children were allegedly kept captive inside the sleeper cab of a semi-truck for more than six years, denied schooling, adequate food and medical care, and sexually abused while the vehicle travelled between Atlanta and Miami, authorities said.According to the New York Post, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Tuesday that the children — two boys and two girls — were sexually abused and mistreated while in the care of Keysha Monique Epps, 51, of Atlanta, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, of Jacksonville.The children were allegedly confined to the truck and rarely allowed to leave.Authorities said the children, who were between five and nine years old when the alleged abuse began, shared a single bunk in the truck's sleeper cab. They were allegedly denied adequate food, hygiene, education, and medical and dental care.The two girls told investigators that Stewart sexually abused them for years, while the two boys allegedly witnessed the abuse and were physically assaulted after confronting Stewart or reporting it to Epps, authorities said.Uthmeier described the truck as a “rolling dungeon”, saying the a...