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The owner of the building discovered the captives' presence after investigating suspicious activity in the basement area. Three people were arrested as initial suspects in the case: Linda Weston...
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- Down The Rabbit Hole - True Crime
All five were charged with four counts of a hate crime, conspiracy, racketeering, and kidnapping. Weston, Mcintosh, and Thomas were charged with involuntary servitude. Weston was charged with two counts of murder, with confinement and abuse allegedly causing the deaths of two victims.
Dec 20, 2011 · Ringleader Linda Ann Weston, 51, charged with kidnap, abuse and fraud; Four victims found scarred, bruised and emaciated; Gasps in courtroom when photos of victims were shown as evidence
Oct 20, 2011 · Williams said that because the fraud and kidnapping case against “ringleader” 51-year-old Linda Ann Weston and her three accomplices includes alleged crimes in Florida and Texas, many have...
- Teresa Masterson
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Mar 25, 2019 · Updated March 25, 2019 1.0M views 13 items. When police first discovered the basement of Linda Ann Weston in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia in 2011, they were horrified. They found a mentally disabled person chained to a furnace and three other adults hiding under filthy blankets and rags. The captives didn’t have access to food or ...
- Laura Allan
Aug 22, 2023 · A Philadelphia landlord’s October 15, 2011, discovery of four mentally challenged adults held captive by Weston in a filthy boiler room marked just the beginning of the horrific revelations. Those included finding a 19-year-old—Weston’s niece, Beatrice Weston—whose body was covered with scars, bruises and burn marks.
Apr 18, 2021 · Linda Ann Weston was sentenced to life in prison plus 80 years in 2015. She pleaded guilty to 196 criminal counts, including kidnapping, racketeering conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering, hate crimes, sex trafficking and fraud, in exchange for avoiding a death sentence.
