3 Charged After Twin Boys Found in Feces-Covered Room: Cops

Medical staff determined the boy was suffering from renal failure and was in a state of severe malnutrition and dehydration, with the sheriff saying it was a “dire” situation.

Investigators determined Lylee Gillenwater, 21, her boyfriend, Brian Casto, 22, and her husband, Michael Gillenwater, 24, locked the victim and his twin brother in a bedroom with a padlock for as long as six weeks at a time. Officials said the three suspects would medicate the twin boys to get them to sleep so they didn’t have to provide parental care.