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Man Found Guilty of Locking Girl in Closet

From Times Wire Reports

A man was convicted of locking his 8-year-old stepdaughter in a filthy closet for months at a time without adequate food, water, clothes or a toilet.

Jurors deliberated a little more than an hour before finding Kenneth Atkinson guilty of causing serious bodily injury to a child. He faces five years to life in prison.

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