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VHS Videocassette, Running Time 60 Min. Boston, NOVA Star of Science Television/WGBH, 1994. $19.95. This video will be broadcast on public television on October 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

In 1970, a girl who had been literally imprisoned in a 10-ft-by-14-ft room from the age of 2 years to the age of 13 came to the attention of Southern California authorities. The reasons for her cruel treatment are unclear. Her father committed suicide the day after she was found; her mother thought her to be mentally impaired. When she was found her height and weight were at the 10th percentile for her age, she had little speech, she walked in a stooped position, and she had permanent calluses on her buttocks from having been strapped to a potty seat . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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