BAXTER COUNTY, Arkansas — Two Arkansas parents charged with more than 230 total counts in connection with the "torture" of a child over the span of 11 years have been arrested again on additional charges, this time including rape and sexual assault.

Daniel Alan Wright, 41, and Jaclyn Machelle Barnett, 42, were each charged with 112 counts of false imprisonment, one count of endangering the welfare of a minor, one count of permitting child abuse, and one count of kidnapping in Baxter County.

Court documents said that in November 2024, police were dispatched to an apartment building in Mountain Home after reported cries for help.

Police entered Wright and Barnett's residence and found a ratchet strap keeping the master bathroom shut. After releasing the strap, an officer found a naked 1

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