HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A woman who held her twin teenagers captive , tortured them, and forced them to live in horrific conditions will likely spend decades in prison.

Zaikiya Duncan was found guilty of aggravated assault of a family member and was given a 45-year sentence.

Duncan, now 43, and her husband, Jova Terrell, were arrested in Louisiana in 2022.

The details of the case are disturbing.

What happened

Three years ago, the twin boy and girl were able to escape from their Cypress home and alert authorities about the abuse they had been going through.

The victims, then 16, described several examples of the horrific abuse that they said took place behind the closed doors of a large home on Marina Alto Lane, which is in a neighborhood near the intersection of Fry Road and West Ro

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