I hate hearing stories of child abuse. A diaper-wearing 7-year-old boy was found in the bug-ridden basement of a home, where he told police he was forced to sleep in a coffin. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Cops are searching for the couple who live at the boy’s address after he was found terrified and alone in the dark last week.

The boy claims he was locked in a coffin and duct-taped to a chair in the home, according to an affidavit filed Friday.

He also explained to authorities he was “often” put in the basement as punishment and told ghosts lived there.

“Are you here to help me?” he said as officers entered the Scranton home on September 26, according to Times-Tribune newspaper.

“I am hungry and I didn’t get dinner yet,” he reportedly told another officer who asked why he was crying.

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