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Ackley couple charged with kidnapping, accused of abusing boy

July 18, 2018 By Matt Kelley

Alex Shadlow

Two people are now behind bars, in the Hardin County Jail, accused of abusing an eight-year-old boy for several months last year.

Thirty-year-old Alex Shadlow and his girlfriend, 39-year-old Traci Tyler, were charged Wednesday with first-degree kidnapping. The victim in the case in Shadlow’s son.

Traci Tyler

Court documents show the pair locked the boy in a 6-by-6 space in the basement of their Ackley home – with no lighting or bedding, only a cement floor. The abuse was uncovered when school officials contacted the DHS over concerns about the boy’s health and a DHS worker visited the home.

The criminal complaint shows Shadlow and Tyler also deprived the boy of food and physically abused him by hitting him with the handle of a flyswatter and “urging” their dog to bite the child.

 

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