Nancy Grace

What?

Other objects in there, no light, no ventilation.

And it was barricaded by 75 pounds of boxes in front of it.

Can you imagine the life that child had?

in a closet, her living space about three by one foot, 10 inches, three by two, let's be generous.

No light, no ventilation, barricaded on the outside by 75 pound boxes in front of it.

The little girl was soiled, of course.

She had TT'd and defecated.

I said 26, it's 29 pounds, 29 pounds when she was rescued.

She's already suffered moderate to severe cerebral atrophy, that's permanent brain damage, due to prolonged nutrition.

Quote, she will never recover, according to the state's affidavit.

Now, the other six children in the home from two to 14 told grandma they were ordered to lock her in there because she had, quote, bladder control issues and was, quote, always getting into stuff and, quote, eating things she was not supposed to.

What like food?

A 10-year-old brother told police he was told he had to clean the closet because the little sister would have to defecate and urinate in the closet.

The little girl gets just a corn dog a day and a half a cup of water.

How can a child survive day after day, week after week, month after month, locked in a dark closet, living off nothing?

Straight out to Christina Awayo joining us, investigative reporter.

Christina, this child locked in a closet.

Permanent brain damage caused by starvation.

Joining me, Virginia Bagby, director of Child Help National Child Abuse Hotline.