She's been choking me, tying me up to the bed. She's making me do stuff. And her brother's been hitting me, too. >> She hit me with a paddle or belt. I think the only time her dad came out of the room was uh when I was screaming and yelling. >> Why would this caretaker think it was okay to subject the disabled woman she was supposed to protect to horrific mistreatment inside her own home? >> Hello. >> Hi, Don. >> What's going on? Who did this to you? Were they here? >> No. >> No. No, no, no. I just picked her up from Mom, what's her name? >> Jennifer Flores. >> What's your home address? Where did this happen at? Is it at home? >> No, uh >> I don't know the location. >> I just know I know where it's at. It's by the high school. All right, by the high school? >> Yeah. >> It's >> I know the truck. I can tell you everything's in the driveway. >> what color what what street it's on? >> No, I know the address. It's uh >> 306 something. >> I just picked her up 5 minutes ago from there. >> No, you're fine. >> So, what happened? >> She's been hitting me and tying me up to the bed. >> Who Who is she to you? >> Jennifer. >> Jennifer? What's Jennifer's last name? >> I don't know. >> You don't know? We're We're still trying to get all that. >> Okay. >> She's epileptic, has grandma seizures. She's also schizophrenic. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm really sorry that it's kind of hard. >> No, it's good. No, you're good. So, what were threats? >> wasn't normal. >> Yeah. Yeah, I So, >> She has a ex- really bad sore on her rear. She has no skin on her rear, if that makes sense. >> Okay. >> Um it's probably the whole size of her cheek. >> Uh so, Mom calls me, tells me that I need to check on your sister. This is my older sister. >> Mhm. >> So, I stop what I was doing here, just right down the road. We get in the car, and get to the house, I knock on the door. And uh the lady, Jennifer, right? Yes. Jennifer, she's being weary at first at at the door. I was like, "Hey, I'm just here to check on Destiny." She's like being hesitant to not let me in. I was like, "Okay. Well, hey, I'm just here to check on Destiny. Where where she at?" And then she finally lets me in the house. I mean, there's like 30 cats, there's [ __ ] ton of dogs, it's not clean, it's not I mean, it's it's filthy. >> All right. Hey, can I get your last name? >> All right. Tisdale. >> Tisdale? How Is she able to move her hands at all? >> Barely. >> I need to figure out if she can write cuz we're going to have her write what happened to her that kind of kind of help me for my find out what's going on. >> If if she can't write it, if she was to relay it to my wife, could she write it? >> Yeah. >> Okay. See, if that that might make it easier. >> Or I can write it. >> Yeah, as long as I can get a written statement from her. >> Okay. >> We're trying to get her to a new doctor, I think. >> Hey, Destiny, yes? Can you kind of tell me how all this happened? >> This has been happening for about a month now. >> About a month? >> Yeah. >> Okay. How did it start? >> She's been taking me, tying me up to the bed, and making me do stuff. >> What do you mean by do stuff? >> Like doing chores. >> Do chores? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, what did she do tonight? >> She hasn't done anything tonight. >> She didn't do anything tonight? >> No, ma'am. >> Okay. So, start from So, you said this started about a month ago? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And you say you've been tied up to the bed? >> Yes. >> Is that by all like your arms and your legs? >> No, just my feet. >> Just your feet? >> Yes. >> And tied up with what? >> Tied up to the a dog chain. >> A dog chain? >> To the bed? >> Yes. And I haven't had any medicine in a week. >> Is she supposed to be giving you your medicine? >> Yes. >> Yes, okay. Did she hit your feet, too? >> Yes. >> Destiny, what was she doing with the scissors? >> She was hitting me. >> Just hitting you with the >> On my feet. >> On your feet? >> Yes. >> With the blade part? >> was hitting me right here in my uh crotch. >> With the scissors? >> Yes. And her brother's been hitting me, too. >> Her brother? >> Yeah. >> Which brother? What's his name? >> Uh I don't really remember cuz I have short-term memory. >> Is it Gary, Jackie, or Cody? >> Uh Gary's her husband. >> Gary's her husband. >> Cody's her uh son. >> Cody's her son. And then Jackie is >> Jack's her dad. >> Her dad. Is any of those anybody that hit you? >> No. >> None of those hit you? >> No, just Jennifer. >> Just Jennifer, okay. >> So uh Jennifer Windette, Cody James Windette, this is her mother. >> Okay, hold on, hold on, hold >> This is the lady that was beating my sister. Jennifer Windette is who was beating her. And Cody is her son that also lives there. They were supposed to be taking care of her? >> Yes. >> Yeah. So, how did you find her when when you went in the house, how did you see her? >> She was sitting on the bed. Well, I can see her. She's distraught. She's She's nervous. >> place her in the house. >> She was sitting on the bed, hands crossed like this. And when she saw me, it was like a ghost walked right into the room. I mean, she went completely white when I saw her. Okay. >> And I just was like, "Are you Are you okay?" >> really >> She was like this >> And just like, "I don't want to get in trouble." And I mean, it's just hard because she looks like that, you know? >> We need to get an address. Can you Can you ask her for an address? >> Yeah. >> If you or your child spent years growing up on social media and experienced serious mental health struggles, you should hear this. Recently, a jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay millions for their role in designing and promoting addictive platforms. 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That's husband? >> Yes. >> Okay. And then >> My son's been staying with us to help me. >> Where's son? >> He is staying at a friend's helping them watch their kids while they work. >> Okay. Can we see where she stays at? >> Yeah, sure. >> Can you show us your house? >> No problem. >> So, I guess she stays here. >> She stays here, but I've moved her over there since he's not here. >> I don't know if he's explained anything to you, but we've had some type of incident occur here. >> Yeah, it's been with my dad. >> I I I don't want to I don't want to I don't want to go I don't want to go into detail about it right now, okay? But, we are going to remove everybody from the house for right now. So, that's kind of our next step. All right. So, if you will go outside or me and you, let's go get dad up cuz we need everybody out of this house. And then uh we'll go from there, okay? >> Okay, what's going on at the house now? >> Um we are going to get a search warrant Instead of having you sign the consent to search, we're going to get a search warrant for the house. Um this might potentially be a crime scene. Not sure. >> For what? >> I don't know. I don't know, but we need everybody out of the house so that we can secure this house. >> Uh let's go to my vehicle over there since it's cold outside. I'm going to let you have >> Oh, I'm good. >> No, we're going to my vehicle. I'm going to let you have a seat. >> Okay. >> Okay, just here in my vehicle. Let's go. >> Yes, sir. May I ask >> I'll tell you in a little while. >> Why I can't stand with my husband? I don't want to get in trouble for something I didn't do. >> Sure. >> And I have a seat for you. >> to put this to a head real quick before I do get in trouble for something I didn't do. >> for. That's what all this is for. Now just have a seat for me. We'll We'll get your side of everything that's going on, if anything at all. >> Okay. >> We're just figuring some stuff out. We're going to put everybody in cars. >> Well, everybody? >> Yes, everybody. Have a seat. >> What did my husband do? >> Not sure. Have a seat. >> Okay. >> Put your foot all the way in. Pull me there. Yeah. >> I'm trying. >> What's going on with her? >> Okay. Uh Mary Evans police. She's got a warrant with us. So she's going to jail for her warrant person, probably traffic stuff. >> Okay. >> Um other than that, I am not at liberty to say. I will let you know shortly as long as as once I give you the update. >> I understand. >> Yep. >> Destiny, even though you don't remember me, you told me quite a bit the other night in the ER, but we want to make sure that we have all the details. Do you want to just kind of start with how it all started? Do you want to just tell us kind of your story about what happened? >> Do you Do you remember everyone that lives in the house? Do you remember all their names? >> [clears throat] >> Jennifer Cody Gary and Papa Jack. >> Who Who in the house um hurt you? >> Jennifer. >> Jennifer? >> It was just her and her daughter. >> I just found out about that yesterday. Just Dr. Bowden. >> her daughter's name? >> Tori, I think. >> Do you remember what Tori did? >> She slapped me in my face. >> Okay. Was it just once or did it happen multiple times? >> It happened multiple times because apparently I wasn't listening. >> Okay. Did they always make you sleep in the in the living room? >> Yeah. It was on like one of those mattresses. >> Did they Did they make you stay on that that bed for long periods of time? >> Yeah, she was uh tying me up with a brace, but it it wasn't a leg brace. It was a dog chain. >> And Jen- Was that Jennifer? >> Yeah. >> So, they would tie you down overnight? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> She would just tie my leg up. >> Who hit you in the head? >> Jennifer and her daughter. >> What about uh your your feet, your toes? How did that happen? >> She would hit me with a paddle or a belt on my toes because apparently I wasn't listening and she wanted me to uh vacuum or she would want me to sit down and uh write things. >> What What about your fingers? >> Uh she would put those uh I don't know what they're called. But it's like a a brace that are on your fingers. >> When she put those on your fingers, what happened then? >> I don't really remember, but uh it would be like tied up and she would make me have them straight, but if if I wouldn't keep them straight, she would bend them back and forth making me move them. >> Did Jennifer make you do chores or anything like that around the house? Did Can you tell us about her? >> She would make me do dishes, make me clean up the kitchen. If I didn't do that, she would make me vacuum or clean up the living room. And then she made me clean up her bedroom. And take the dogs out and feed the cats and the dogs. >> Did she Did she say mean words to you? Did she say why she was doing this? >> She would just be really mean to me. And she put uh I don't remember what it's called, but it's one of those uh things that uh bikers wear on their head. >> A bandana? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> A bandana. She put it in my mouth and tied me up to the bed. That's because I was crying and screaming. >> What do you remember about the neck brace? >> I just remember that she would tie me up to the bed. >> Tie you to the bed with it? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So a lot of this was happening when you were on the bed? >> Yeah. It would happen at night time before me going to sleep. >> Did you have to wear the neck brace for a long time? >> Yeah. >> When all this was happening, did Papa Jack or Gary ever come out of the room? No. >> I think the only time her dad came out of the room was uh when I was screaming and yelling. >> What did he say? >> He told me to stop screaming and yelling. He was trying to go to sleep. >> What about Gary? Did Gary ever say anything to you? >> No. >> Okay. You can have my arm if you'd like for comfort. I'm sorry. >> I know. It's just >> It's going to hurt. >> Oh my god. >> I thought I was supposed to find out my charges when I got here. >> Oh, yeah. Let me see that. >> I can tell you your charges. >> What are you curious of? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay, kidnapping. One of them. Okay. Let me get to down to list of it. Aggravated assault and battery, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a felony, abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, and neglect of a vulnerable adult. Anything else in your charges? >> And then animal cruelty and >> Mhm. >> We wanted the program, but it was like it was like 2000 dollars. It's a whole feature that acts off the right. I know. >> Sorry about this one. >> Jennifer Went was arrested and faces charges including kidnapping, strangulation, multiple serious assault charges, and animal cruelty. While Cody Linnell is charged with kidnapping and assault on an incapacitated person.