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Couple Arrested After Starving Teen Girl Escapes Locked Bedroom Searching for Food

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An Iowa couple is facing child endangerment charges after police say a severely malnourished 13-year-old girl with autism escaped from their home in a desperate search for food. Police were called to a Sioux City residence around 3:35 p.m. on Aug. 11 after receiving a report that the teenager was missing. Brandon and Emily Myers,...

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Couple arrested on child endangerment charge

SIOUX CITY — A husband and wife have been accused of child endangerment, after a missing juvenile was found malnourished and dehydrated in Morningside.

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Couple Arrested After Starving Teen Girl Escapes Locked Bedroom Searching for Food

An Iowa couple is facing child endangerment charges after police say a severely malnourished 13-year-old girl with autism escaped from their home in a desperate search for food. Police were called to a Sioux City residence around 3:35 p.m. on Aug. 11 after receiving a report that the teenager was missing. Brandon and Emily Myers,...

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Sioux City Journal broke the news on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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