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Feb 26, 2023 · Unfortunately, she remained in prison for several months due to a lack of beds in the hospital. As a result, the court reassessed Lauren in August 2021, yet the records weren’t made public. Instead, she was released from prison, and the sexual assault charges against her were dismissed.
The film based on the true story of Lauren Kavanaugh who was locked in a closet for six years and endured physical and sexual abuse by her biological mother and stepfather. Her biological mother regained custody after her adoptive parents lawyer failed to file the correct paperwork.
- Lauren Kavanaugh’s Birth, Adoption, and Return to Her Biological Mother
- The Torturous Life of “The Girl in The Closet”
- The Emotional Rescue of Lauren Kavanaugh
- Lauren’s Reunion with The Kavanaughs and Her Long Road to Recovery
Lauren Kavanaugh was born on April 12, 1993, but her mother, Barbara, had already decided to give her up for adoption. Sabrina Kavanaugh, the woman who hoped to raise Lauren, was in the delivery room, and she later recalled how excited she and her husband were to welcome the baby into their home. “That was the happiest day of our lives,” Sabrina sa...
After Lauren Kavanaugh was rescued from the Atkinson home in 2001, doctors testified that she’d stopped growing around the age of two — the very same age she was when she was returned to her biological mother. Detective Sergeant David Landers told The Dallas Morning News, “It started out with Barbie just putting Lauren next to her on the floor on a...
On June 11, 2001, Kenneth Atkinson told his neighbor Jeanie Rivers that he needed to show her something. He took her to the bedroom closet, opened the door, and revealed the secret that he and Barbara had been keeping for over half a decade. Rivers later said, “What I pictured was a monster, a little bitty monster. She was so frail and without colo...
When the Kavanaughs heard what had happened, they quickly reached out to see if they could adopt Lauren again. The first time the eight-year-old saw them, she asked, “Is this my new mom and dad?” Lauren struggled to adjust to her new life. She wasn’t potty trained, she didn’t know how to use a fork or a spoon, and she carefully guarded her food bec...
- Jessica Oconnor
Lauren Kavanaugh, now aged 23, slept, urinated and lived in a tiny closet for most of the first eight years of her life and was only set free when authorities discovered the starving girl in the mobile home in Hutchins, Texas in 2001.
Oct 12, 2021 · Now sexual assault charges have been dropped against the North Texas woman known as the "girl in the closet". Lauren Kavanaugh was indicted in 2019 on three counts of sexual assault of...
Jan 26, 2017 · It has been 15 years since Lauren Kavanaugh was found tortured and starving in the closet of her family’s Texas home, and she still has flashbacks about the horrific, six-year ordeal.
Dec 20, 2018 · Police in Lewisville, Texas, allege 25-year-old Lauren Kavanaugh — whose mom and stepdad are serving prison time for crimes committed against her — sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl she met...
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