Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case

[Ghost in the Machine]

Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case
Published: 12/3/08, 11:46 AM EDT
By MICHELLE LOCKE and MARCUS WOHLSEN

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Police have arrested the aunt of a 17-year-old boy who showed up at a gym shackled and terrified, claiming he had just fled his captors.

Caren Ramirez is the third suspect arrested in the alleged assault against the teen.

Ramirez, 43, was arrested Tuesday night after police received a tip she was in the San Francisco suburb of Berkeley, said Tracy police spokesman Matt Robinson. Tracy is about 60 miles east of San Francisco.

Police had been looking for Ramirez after they arrested Kelly Layne Lau, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, earlier Tuesday.


Lau and Schumacher were in jail in lieu of bail set at nearly $1.2 million each. They were booked for suspicion of torture, kidnapping and child abuse. They were set to appear in court Thursday. Prosecutors did not know if they had attorneys.

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[mondo joe]

1. Sounds like the poor kid's entire life is a history of abuse.

:-(

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. Let's hope that he FINALLY finds some respite.

:(