reporter: yeah, i think you re right. the fbi says that jessica hunt had all of her government assistant cards, her pin numbers and daniel brown according to documents told the fbi that they called her their bank. in other words, a street lynn go saying they could scam her out of the money, didn t give her very much of her government assistant payments and used the money for themself the. scott taylor thank you very much indeed for that report. joining me is the mother of jordy. i ll call her becky. she s joining me by telephone. welcome to you, beckry. can you tell me your reaction to this shocking story? caller: well, i know, you know, how it was down there because i was there quite a bit. there is so many lies going on and mainly by detective baker here in ashland. he s just been telling one lie
and her young daughter allegedly health captive for two years in an apartment full of dogs and snakes. prosecutors say they were forced into manuel labor, beaten and given dog food to eat while the animals were given table food. several have been charged and they suspect to arrest a third person. joining me is scott taylor our affiliate woio in cleveland. scott, this is a pretty awful story. tell me what we know. reporter: well, right now we know, piers, that back in 2011 it looks like jordy as well as jessica who lived together with their four sons invited this mother who is 28 at the time, now 30 and her daughter into the home. they quickly according to the fbi put them down in a basement, let them sleep on the cement
these individuals deprived this woman and her child of the most fundamental of american rights, freedom. this case is nothing less than a case of modern day slavery. reporter: 26-year-old jordie callahan, his girlfriend 31-year-old jessica hunt and their friend daniel brown all charged with imprisoning a mentally disabled woman only identifiy ied as essie and her child. they were threatened sometimes forced to eat dog food. you re talking about people who were locked in rooms and forced to work all the time. people who were threatened and injured. reporter: according to court documents, essie was also threatened at gun point, one of her alleged captors took out his knife and threatened to cut her finger off. medical records show that she visited the emergency room aft
in the chair with me tonight. a mentally disabled woman and her young daughter allegedly health captive for two years in an apartment full of dogs and snakes. prosecutors say they were forced into manuel labor, beaten and given dog food to eat while the animals were given table food. several have been charged and they suspect to arrest a third person. joining me is scott taylor our affiliate woio in cleveland. scott, this is a pretty awful story. tell me what we know. reporter: well, right now we know, piers, that back in 2011 it looks like jordy as well as jessica who lived together with their four sons invited this mother who is 28 at the time, now 30 and her daughter into the home. they quickly according to the fbi put them down in a basement, let them sleep on the cement
corral snake, try to scar her and her daughter to condition them to stay there and it was truly horrendous, if you believe all of this coming from the mother. and the motivation appears to be financial, is that right? reporter: yeah, i think you re right. the fbi says that jessica hunt had all of her government assistant cards, her pin numbers and daniel brown according to documents told the fbi that they called her their bank. in other words, a street lynn go saying they could scam her out of the money, didn t give her very much of her government assistant payments and used the money for themself the. scott taylor thank you very much indeed for that report. joining me is the mother of jordy. i ll call her becky. she s joining me by telephone.