A 13-year-old boy was forced to relive disturbing memories from the five years he and his brother spent inside a tightly controlled and turbulent Burlington household, where surveillance cameras watched their every move and daily life was governed by his adoptive parents’ strict rules and bizarre practices.
Among them: A “restraint system” including being zip-tied into a tent to sleep; days with no talking; and the punishment — captured on video and played for the boy in court on Thursday — of being forced to meekly pace up and down a flight of stairs.
