3 Arizona sisters escape after two years of captivity

Three sisters who escaped after being held captive in Arizona for up to two years by their mother and stepfather were confined in filthy conditions in a house with elaborate security and crudely sound-proofed rooms, police said.

Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said the house in which the malnourished girls were held had been elaborately alarmed and outfitted with round-the-clock video security.

“Their movements were controlled — when, where and how they went to the bathroom, when they were fed,” and they had not seen each other for much of that time, he said.