A Boone County couple is accused of keeping their children locked in a small room. Tommie Barber, Senior and his wife Anna are each facing two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, a class d felony.
A police report alleges the children, ages 8 and 10, were rarely allowed to leave the room and the carpet was heavily soiled with human waste.
The children have never been to public school and don't know how to read or write. They have been taken out of the home. Barber and his wife are both out of jail on bond.
