Boy, 12, 'kept chained in basement'

A Utah couple who allegedly chained the man’s 12-year-old son in the basement for two months – freeing him only to eat and go to school – has been charged with child abuse.

Sheriff’s deputies were called to the couple’s home after receiving a telephone complaint, said Sgt Rosie Rivera. A sibling showed authorities a pair of handcuffs he said were used to chain his brother in the basement, according to charging documents.