{"id":2659330,"date":"2026-09-12T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-couple-trapped-children-in-a-trailer-for-years-now-florida-is-seeking-the-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:00:33","slug":"this-couple-trapped-children-in-a-trailer-for-years-now-florida-is-seeking-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-couple-trapped-children-in-a-trailer-for-years-now-florida-is-seeking-the-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"This Couple Trapped Children in a Trailer for Years: Now Florida Is Seeking the Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-couple-trapped-children-in-a-trailer-for-years-now-florida-is-seeking-the-death-penalty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2659330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida&#8217;s Attorney General James Uthmeier plans to pursue the death penalty in a case involving two adults accused of confining four children in a tractor-trailer for over six years. Keisha Monique Epps, aged 51, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, aged 37, are charged with sexual battery, molestation, and neglect. Thay were arrested in August, and the victims, two boys and two girls aged 5 to 9, suffered severe abuse, neglect, and physical injuries. The children were kept in inhumane conditions,deprived of basic hygiene and education,and thier physical health has been heavily compromised. stewart is accused of sexually abusing the girls and assaulting the boys who confronted him, while Epps is charged with multiple counts related to child sexual abuse and neglect. Florida law mandates the death penalty for sexual battery against children under 12. Both adults allegedly lived with the children in the tractor-trailer, with Stewart admitting to some abuse. The case highlights severe child maltreatment with ongoing legal proceedings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier will seek the death penalty in the case of two adults who are accused of trapping four children in a tractor-trailer cab for more than six years.<\/p>\n<p>Keisha Monique Epps, 51, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, are charged with sexual battery, molestation, and neglect, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/07\/us-news\/florida-ag-seeks-death-penalty-for-two-sickos-who-trapped-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested on Aug. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The victims included two boys and two girls \u2014 one was 9 years old, another was 6, and two were 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese children were trapped in a rolling prison and abused by the adults who were supposed to protect them,\u201d Uthmeier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will pursue with everything we have the death penalty. We will seek executions, if you want to come in here and you want to physically molest, abuse, and violate our little kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida AG seeks death penalty for two sickos who trapped kids in tractor-trailer for six years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6LCzr0q7J\">https:\/\/t.co\/i6LCzr0q7J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lndxIWUWGc\">pic.twitter.com\/lndxIWUWGc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypost\/status\/2097031323491692936?\">September 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Under Florida law, those who commit sexual battery against a child under 12 years old can be subject to the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Epps and Stewart, who are engaged, allegedly lived in the cab with the children.<\/p>\n<p>Epps worked as a truck driver.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is accused of sexually abusing the two girls for years.<\/p>\n<p>When the boys confronted Stewart over the abuse they saw, he allegedly punched them in their heads, per Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart admitted to investigators that he committed three acts of sexual battery against one of the girls.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the alleged abuse, Epps and Stewart disallowed the children from taking showers or using the restroom.<\/p>\n<p>Uthmeier said they had to relieve themselves in cups and paper bags.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey might take a shower, but they would leave the kids locked in this rolling dungeon,\u201d Uthmeier said of the occasions when they would make stops.<\/p>\n<p>The children now endure \u201csevere physical infirmities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They have not attended school for years, and a detective said the children were \u201cwalking with an unnatural gait from being confined to the cab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uthmeier\u2019s office said that Stewart has been charged with \u201ctwo counts of sexual battery by a person in familial or custodial authority, two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under 12, two counts of battery of a child by expelling certain fluids or materials, two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm, and two counts of child neglect causing permanent disfigurement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epps meanwhile faces \u201ctwo counts of sexual battery by a person in familial or custodial authority, two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under 12, two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm, two counts of child neglect causing permanent disfigurement, and four counts of failure to report child abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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