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Authorities released new details after a Texas family was terrorized Monday by three masked intruders who placed a child underwater in a bathtub to force information out of his parents as they let out “chilling” screams in the background.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release they received a call around 3 a.m. from the home near the intersection of FM 1464 and the Westpark Toll Road in the Houston area of Fort Bend County.
The homeowner told police that three masked black suspects broke through the front door and pistol-whipped him, causing injuries.
One of the suspects can be seen leading the couple’s 7-year-old son around the home looking for money. (FOX26)
“This is the worst kind of crime against a family,” Sheriff Troy Nehls said. “Three crooks forcing their way into a home in the middle of the night is appalling. To make matters worse, they accosted a 7-year-old child. They’re cowards, to say the least.”
Nehls said the father kept telling the intruders there was no money and to take jewelry or a car, but the masked men weren’t satisfied.
“That just didn’t sit well with the suspects in this case,” he said during a news conference Tuesday.
“The 7-year-old is having to watch his dad get tortured, basically. When that didn’t work they tortured the 7-year-old. To me, yesterday I said that’s pretty sick. I will add that is evil to do something like that to a child.”
The men then turned their attention to the couple’s 7-year-old son, who was led around the house in search of money, according to the sheriff. Police released pictures of the three suspects in the home, including the moment one of