Overview

• The San Bernardino County District Attorney charged the Key family with six counts of torture and one count of child abuse under circumstances likely to cause great bodily injury or death.
• Authorities allege the abuse spanned up to a decade, with six foster children aged 4 to 16 subjected to daily beatings, strangulation, and deprivation of food and water.
• The investigation began in February after a tip to a child abuse hotline, leading to the children's removal from the Victorville home and the arrests on May 12.
• Some of the foster children documented their abuse through journals and photographs, and one teenager escaped to report the mistreatment.
• The accused are being held at the Central Detention Center on $1 million bail each, with their arraignment scheduled for May 15, as the broader investigation continues.