Parents and a grandparent are charged after 'locking three children, aged 9 to 12, in an attic for two years while they starved, beat and forced cat to scratch them' Two boys, aged 11 and 12, and a nine-year-old girl were rescued by police in Minersville, Pennsylvania, last month The children's father, Todd Richter, 32; his fiancé Jennifer Yost, 27; and her mother, Wendy Yost, 51, have all since been charged with child abuse Police said they were alerted after the 12-year-old boy managed to escape the home and alert a stranger in early March The children were allegedly locked in the attic for at least two years and deprived of food and water