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A Highland couple was arrested for allegedly locking their son outside.

The boy, left with limited food, stayed in a backyard tent.

Parents claimed son's behavior issues; police investigate child abandonment charges.

HIGHLAND — A couple has been arrested after allegedly locking their son out of the house while they went out of town and making him live in a tent in the backyard with little food.

The father and mother, both 45, were booked into the Utah County Jail on Monday for investigation of three counts each of child abandonment.

According to a police booking affidavit, the parents left their home to go to a family reunion in June, but "due to some behavior issues that they had been experiencing with (their son), they told him he was

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