Girl in Closet

(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) A 31-year-old woman, Asusena Marie Gonzalez, has been accused of child abuse and neglect for allegedly forcing a five-year-old girl to live in a closet.

Police went to the home July 18 at about 10:52 a.m. in response to a call from an Oklahoma Department of Human Services worker asking for several children who were victims of neglect to be picked up.

According to police, the DHS worker was investigating a referral at the address where a girl was made to "stay in a closet and was given a cup to urinate and defecate in."

The girl was also malnourished and beaten, police said. According to the report, the girl weighed 19.8 pounds when she was admitted to a local hospital.

Gonzalez was booked into custody with bond set at $20,000.