At the tender age of three, Lauren Kavanaugh was subjected to physical and emotional abuse. A closet that was dark, infested with lice, and coated with urine was where Barbara Atkinson and her stepfather Kenneth kept her stashed away to protect her from being discovered. It was only after the nasty couple made the decision to torture Lauren that they allowed her to emerge from the closet that was four feet by nine feet.
Lauren’s mother and stepfather subjected her to sexual assault, physical brutality, and malnutrition over the course of five years. Lauren lived through all of these experiences. Read the full story here ▶
