Tai-Ling Gigliotti

Tai-Ling Gigliotti was arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment in February 2009 for holding her 16-year-old adopted son captive and brutally abusing him over a three year period.NY Daily News: Teen Kept in Florida Bathroom, Beaten by Adoptive Mother, Tai-ling Gigliotti, and Boyfriend (February 17, 2009)

50-year-old Gigliotti and her boyfriend Anton Angelo allegedly locked the teen in a bathroom and covered the window with plywood. The boy escaped finally escaped but had a broken arm, scars and other wounds. The teen told investigators that he had been beaten with a board, confined in darkness and had been forced to sleep on the hallway floor as punishment.Tampa Bay Online: Woman Accused Of Keeping Teenage Boy In Bathroom (February 12, 2009)

On Monday, February 9, 2009, the 16-year-old severely abused boy escaped with a broken arm and other injuries. Police say he had been locked in a bathroom with the door screwed shut. The window was also boarded with plywood. The teen had been enrolled in Powell Middle School in Spring Hill, Florida, according to police the teen had not attended school in two years.10connects.com: Teen tortured in his own Hernando home (February 12, 2009)