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Couple arrested after emaciated teen with chain on ankle shows up at Tracy gym
By Mike Martinez
Tri-Valley Herald
Posted: 12/02/2008 08:25:05 AM PST
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TRACY — Police have arrested a Tracy couple in connection with a case involving a teen boy who — wearing only a pair of baggy boxers and carrying a heavy chain padlocked to his ankle — stumbled into a local gym Monday, asking employees to hide him.
Kelly Lau-Schumacher, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, face charges of torture, kidnapping, false imprisonment, child endangerment and corporal injury to a child, according to police spokesman Matt Robinson.
The teen, whose name hasn't been released, was reported missing from a Sacramento foster home in 2007. He was apparently picked up by the Tracy couple, witnesses said.
When he wandered into the In-Shape City Sports Club, 101 S. Tracy Blvd., around 3:30 p.m. Monday, he was wearing only flesh-colored boxers. He had visible cuts and burns on his back and was described as being emaciated and covered in soot, dried blood, feces and urine, police said. He was taken to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital and was expected to be transferred to Children's Hospital Oakland, authorities said. According to some news reports, he was in critical condition.
He immediately began begging Assistant Manager Lea Leonardo to hide him and said people were going to catch him. She immediately dialed 911 as the boy curled into a fetal position on the floor underneath the counter.
"I thought it was a prank costume," Leonardo said. "He was so dirty and had the chain around his foot. His
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feet were swollen, he was terrified and cold. He kept saying, 'They're going to come find me.' He kept saying that over and over."
Employees wrapped the boy in towels as they led him to the manager's office, where they gave him food and a bottle of water, which he guzzled.