Bail denied for couple who hid boy, 'missing' for four years, behind false wall
A US judge has denied bail for a man and woman charged with child cruelty and false imprisonment after police found the man’s 13-year-old son hidden behind a false wall in the couple’s metro Atlanta home.
Reports say the couple made their first court appearance at the Clayton County jail in Georgia on Sunday. They were arrested when police found the boy on Saturday after he used a mobile phone to send his mother a text message.
Police say the mother told them she reported her son missing to child welfare officials four years ago when the boy’s father wouldn’t return him after a visit. Police say they’re trying to determine who had legal custody.
Meanwhile, a judge scheduled a December 9 preliminary hearing for the father and woman charged with hiding the boy.
