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Michigan Caregiver Charged With Holding Sister-in-Law Captive in Basement

She is held on $100,000 bond pending an investigation into possible financial exploitation.

Overview

  • The 58-year-old escaped on March 15 by breaking a neighbor’s window and asking for help, according to court documents.
  • She told police she had been locked in a basement for about two years, and officers later documented a locked door, a mattress, a loud radio and a bucket of urine.
  • Authorities described her as a vulnerable adult and said hospital staff treated her for severe malnourishment.
  • Police arrested caretaker Tasha Beamon, 48, who is charged with unlawful imprisonment and first-degree vulnerable adult abuse and is held on a $100,000 bond in Saginaw County Jail.
  • Investigators said they are examining whether Beamon kept her to collect disability payments, a claim not yet tested in court.