5-year-old escapes bedroom sealed shut with boards. What police find inside was worse.

5-year-old escapes bedroom sealed shut with boards. What police find inside was worse.

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WKRC) — Three people are facing child endangerment charges after Pennsylvania state police said a 5-year-old boy escaped a bedroom that had been sealed with wooden boards, a zip-tied baby gate and duct tape before he was found walking naked in the middle of a road.

Troopers responded around 7:30 a.m. July 10 after receiving reports of the child walking alone on a road in Swatara Township. Good Samaritans stayed with the boy until first responders arrived, and he was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Investigators identified the home the child had escaped and said they found hoarding conditions throughout the residence. Troopers reported the boy's bedroom had a baby gate attached to the outside of the doorway with numerous zip ties and duct tape. Wooden boards had also been drilled above the gate to prevent the child from leaving the room.

According to police, feces were smeared on the walls and window, trash covered the floor, the bed had been torn apart and hundreds of flies were inside the room and throughout the home.

State police arrested 21-year-old Jade Shuey, 20-year-old Tucker Heagy and 42-year-old Stephanie Schaffner, charging each with one count of endangering the welfare of children.