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Dec 8, 2008 1:11 pm US/Pacific

Authorities: Tortured Teen Forced To Take Drugs

TRACY (CBS13) ― Investigators say a 16-year-old boy was kept chained in a fireplace, choked with a belt and forced to drink and take drugs during more than a year of captivity in a Tracy home.

   Details of the alleged abuse appeared in a search warrant affidavit filed by a Tracy police detective who questioned the teen after he escaped from the home last week with a chain around his leg. He sought help from a local gym.

   Detective Nate Cogburn said the boy reported being seriously burned when someone purposely lit a fire in the fireplace while he was chained there. Cogburn said the boy also described being choked with a belt until he lost consciousness.

   A Tracy couple and the teen's one-time guardian are charged with his torture and kidnapping. They're expected in court Monday.

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