Child kept in cupboard for five years
- Title
- Child kept in cupboard for five years
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 19 Apr 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:48
- Description
- Deputy Sheriff Jim Barland on how a 7 year-old American girl, Rebecca Holmes, remained locked in a small cupboard for 5 years. Danny Holmes, 33, and Alicia Hernandez, 30, now in prison, believed their child was retarded. English male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Jim Barland
- Keywords
- USA; Children (age group); Child abuse; Children (family); Child welfare; Rebecca Holmes; Danny Holmes; Alicia Hernandez
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LBC/IRN, "Child kept in cupboard for five years". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008300009004 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)