Words: Michael Crooks.
Last August, in a leafy, sleepy neighbourhood in Ivins, Utah, a resident opened his door to find a malnourished 12-year-old boy on his doorstep. The child had wounds from tape around his wrists and ankles, and was asking for food and water.
The neighbour called 911 and told dispatchers he believed the boy had been imprisoned and maltreated, leading to police conducting a welfare check on a nearby property and finding