A California couple is in jail charged with kidnapping and torturing a 17-year-old African American boy.
Police are seeking a third suspect, a woman (pictured right) believed to be a relative of the boy.
Police say 34-year-old Michael Schumacher and 30-year-old Kelly Lau Schumacher held the teen captive for at least a year in their Tracy, California home.
The Schumackers have four biological children living in the home ranging in age from 1 to 9 years.
The senseless crime came to light yesterday when the teen fled the home, scaled a fence and limped into a fitness center holding a 3-foot link chain attached to his ankle.
Employees hid the boy and called 911. They described him as thin and “very dirty” wearing only a pair of large men’s boxers. He was covered with a layer of soot, urine and feces from the waist down.
“The staff noticed blood and bruising on his body, and he looked emaciated and had a chain locked to his ankle,” said Matt Robinson, spokesman for the Tracy Police Department.
“The boy was confused and didn’t know where he was or how long he had been held against his will,” he told ABCNews.com.
Police say Karen Ramirez, 43, believed to be the boy’s aunt, may have taken him to the Schumacker’s residence a year ago after he ran away from a group home.
“There’s times you’d see him, and then times a whole month, no show,” neighbor Rachel Portillo said of the victim. Portillo lives across the street from where the boy was held captive.
“He was only supposed to stay here just a little bit of time, and then months went by and he was still here,” Portillo said. “And I kept wondering, why isn’t he in school?”
@He was only supposed to stay here just a little bit of time, and then months went by and he was still here,” Portillo said. “And I kept wondering, why isn’t he in school?”
what gets me is WTF you didnt call the po’s-po’s
mizzdallas Says:
@He was only supposed to stay here just a little bit of time, and then months went by and he was still here,” Portillo said. “And I kept wondering, why isn’t he in school?”
what gets me is WTF you didnt call the po’s-po’s
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Do ppl really taking “snitching” this far?
I am so confused. The neighbor saw him and he didn’t wave, signal, morse code something? These neighbors they interview are not nosey enough for me.
@anna
This wouldnt even be snitching if its somebodys life at stake… This is just stupid
lord have mercey… this is so crazy…..she sould have called the police… also, this is why you need to check people background before you get with them and pop out babies…..
mizzdallas Says:
@anna
This wouldnt even be snitching if its somebodys life at stake… This is just stupid
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I know it’s not snitching. Ppl are so afraid to get involved. We are talking about a 17 yr. old.
It seems as if bizarre cases are becoming the norm. We are truly living in some “critical times, hard to deal with” (2 Timothy 3:1-5). It’s so important for us to stay alert and be aware of our surroundings… like “Midnight”.
So …i’m confused … still got sleep in my eye .. GOOD MORNING FAM..
Who is the older black dude in the pic? ? I KNOW thats not the 17 y/o .. was He involved ? ? this story just disturbs me to no end.
im happy this young man was able to escape alive. thats his aunt? hell, i thought that was a man. im all about an eye for an eye, plus some. my first reaction was, “why didnt the neighbor say something”? but honestly i rarely see some of my neighbors and dont think anything of it.
Is that last pic suppose to be the aunt? I’m so confused. That’s a woman? And why would these other people hold him? I’m so lost.
Sandra said:
a woman (pictured right)
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Which right? They all look like men. Is the “African-American” male the kid?
*goes back to reading – will return with more questions* (couldn’t get past the first 2 sentences)
…hey yall, I’m confused about the black dude too – I didn’t see him in the cnn story
I hope the “Dreamin Demon” is on top of this story. Who are all these ppl?
(passing Kym a washcloth for her eye crust) here girl…what did mama always tell you?
thanks ecstracy … I’m off on Wed’s .. so I sleep in … i’ve takin care of the eye boogies now …lol …
but i’m STILL lost …. that last pic is a woman ? his aunt .. cause that look like a DUDE all day long
i used to HATE when my mom dabbed her finger in her mouth and touched my face…yuck, yuck, yuck lol…i will take an e-towel anyday…
@pryn: i am hooked on that site (thanks kwall)…got it bookmarked on my phone…
Mornin’ Fam – I heard about this story yesterday and I don’t understand why the neighbor has so much to say now, but didn’t think to call the police or social services before. Now realictically, the police probably would have blown her off (sad but true) but social services would have come out immediately to check on the welfare of a child.
Police are seeking a third suspect, a woman (pictured right) believed to be a relative of the boy
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Damn she/he living a rough ass life………
Okay you guys I just read the whole story from the San Fran newspaper. The one on the end is a woman. Looks very manly unless they have the wrong picture. The neighbor says that she saw the boy taking out the garbage and doing chores. She even talked to the kidnappers and they invited her over for a BBQ which she left because they talked like sailors in front of the kids. She said the boy looked very small for her age. Back to my question why didn’t he pass a note, signal, run when taking out the trash? I do not understand kidnappings.
Might be a hermaphrodite………
I’m home today too…lovin’ Bill Clinton’s FMLA. Why paper mache ‘Retha on Regis and Kelly. I turned on the tv and cracked up!
Shunda – sometimes these crazy ppl take control mentally with promises of hurting someone you care about or maybe he thought he would be sent to jail for running away the first time – although I don’t see how jail could be worse. But let’s not blame the victum – who are these sick bastards that locked this boy up and why??!!
I mean I guess they stay in some run down trailer park so nothing is suprising there Im guessing. Why all of a sudden sis he wanna break free? Im just saying, the hell if Im gonna voluntarily feed someone for a year. I hope he recovers.
i did to ecstracy …. the camera angle was from the bottom up .. and all i say was all that gut.. and immediately started doing crunches … lol …
morning goat
whats that website.. the demon one again ? ?
dreamindemondotcom
WTF is going on in SOCIETY man?
This neiighbor is just as GUILTY for not alerting authorities and then the nerve to make a statement.
@ Sandra – are you sure taht’s the Autn on the far left?
I am glad he escaped & I will pray for his RECOVERY, we don’t even know what they did to the boy. What goins on w/ the other kids living there, they are in DANGER also.
@melinla
I am not blaming him at all. I am just confused. You are right the kidnappers are sick and they need to burn in hell. How could you do someone like that?
@Shunda – ownknow either girl, maybe it is Stockholm syndrome, I think it was brave of him to run when he did, but I don’t understand the imprisoning of another human for self gratification. How is that fun?
Oh & Good MORNING FAM!
Good Morning Kymy…….and everybody else……
Kym – gurl, I’m sick today bit please know that if I wasn’t I would be down on this floor crunchin, and jumpin’, and movin’. She looks like she lost a lil’ bit though, and at least she had them puppies covered!
G’mornin yall – can we still call Retha’s puppies? Maybe they are just old dogs that you can’t teach new tricks to…(thoughts to ponder)
sends ecstracy .. some threaflu .. some tissues … some orange juice … some tylenol … heating pads …whatever she needs to get betta ..
i am sick today too! well not really. i plan my sick days. doesn’t everybody?
dreamin demon?
i am mad i done turned all yall on to my fave site (after srose of course). also don’t know if yall ever went but parents behaving badly prolly got these losers up there.
are we gonna just bypass the uncle with tits? cause we have not properly addressed WHY the aunt looks like an uncle.
and i shoulda neva gave yall the visual of retha and flour. LMAO….that was never my vision to turn her into paper mache. LMAO.
cause aretha franklin as paper mache? that is one big azz pinata…yes sir.
wowwwwwww.. i just read the entire story on dreamindeamon..
that IS his Uncle-Peaches … what the phuck !!
Iyonah,
Failure to report child abuse and neglect is not a crime unless you are a mandated reporter. If you are a mandated reporter it is a misdemeanor conviction with a $1000 fine, and possible loss of employment.
What ticks me off is that the law will protect anyone if who makes a good faith effort in reporting child abuse or neglect, and you can report anonymously. Too often many people feel like it is none of their business, and fail to get involve.
thanks Kymy! I wish I could plan the days I was gonna feel like this….but the good thing is I have a very flexible position…i can work from home most days. It’s just that today was a deadline and I don’t plan to work. Kwallace I read that site all weekend.
I read the peopleyouwillseeinhelldotcom too…. It amazes me what one human being can do to another for no reason at all. One of them stories had be bawlin’ like a baby
be=me
I don’t understand the imprisoning of another human for self gratification.
That along w/ countless other horrible acts – molestation, rape, torture & murder … the list is endless.
@ ckarin – Failure to report child abuse and neglect is not a crime unless you are a mandated reporter.
Its a CRIME in my EYES and IMHO – as a parent, there are soem thigns I just don’t find excusable.
okay it describes these folks having an 8 foot wall. who in the hail has an 8 foot wall around their crib? also said the man had asked that the wall be raised even higher than THAT.
both articles said lil homie had been abused by numerous fam members…including uncle peaches.
lord. pray for this lil homie. he is 17 and seems like he been abused all of his life. he is gonna have alot of problems from behind all of this. alot.
I still can’t believe that’s a woman……
I don’t believe that’s a woman either. I’m sure Sandra got the story wrong AGAIN. Come out the basement Sandra!!!!!
WHO IS THE BLACK MAN ON THE SIDE? Can’t be the 17 year old 1) He does not look 11 or 12 like the article says 2) they could not pass him off as a relative 3) that is NOT a woman… SRose can you help us???
it is a woman yall. same pic is on other sites including the hometown paper of san fran chronicle. sorry but sandra got it right this time.
it is uncle peaches as kym has named…”shim”
according to dreamindemondotcom .. that IS his AUNT .. a woman .. a Hard lookin Dyke … WTF !!
The caught her a$$ in Berkeley! She gets to face the music right along with the other two.
Good for her ays. We gotta keep this boy in our prayers, he hs a lot of healing that he wont be able to do alone.
oops – well her myspace seems so normal! what the hell here! myspace dot com/kablprincess. Nothing there alert you to her being a total waste of societal space!
The neighbor was also informed by her grandchild(who spent the night next door)that the boy slept on a mat by the garage door. Red flag. I don’t care how many ppl you have in your house there is always room on the floor in a sleeping bag.
The black/white pic of a MAN can’t possibly be a women… THAT pic doesn’t pass the eye-test at 5 or 6 glances LOL
I think My Baby @Kym has a perfect description IF (in fact) that is a woman… And I Quote:
“a Hard lookin Dyke … WTF !!”
This is wrong on so many levels…
@terika .. so true – again prayers for the 17 yo, recovery is ahead. I am glad he escaped.
this was on the news last night. it’s a woman. i’m sure she’s a lesbian. but what i don’t understand is….the neighbors said that they would see him outside sometimes working in the yard and he would wave or whatever….why didn’t he run then? or yell for help or something? i just don’t understand this whole kidnapping thing. i’ll watch the news when i get home today for updates.
there was a program on somewhile ago about stockholm syndrome. where folks are programmed (ie brainwashed) to believe certain things when they are captive and eventually they begin to have sympathy for their captors. said elizabeth smart the girl who was snatched outta her room still has remnants of it two years later since she has been reunited with her family.
this is what they think this fella had going on.
again like i said he is going to messed up behind the life long abuse at the hands of his fam. i pary for him.