Girl held captive, assaulted for years in 'deplorable' home

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Girl Held Captive-Illinois
Neighborhood children watch as members of the Madison County tactical response team secure a house Thursday evening, Aug. 23, 2012 in Washington Park, Ill. A teenage girl reported missing more than two years ago escaped from the Southwestern Illinois home where she said she was held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted, police said Thursday. Police in Washington Park, a village next to East St. Louis, said the girl reported that she was raped by her captor, got pregnant and had a baby. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes)