Another fine inter-racial couple - City councilman's autistic 13 year old boy found naked and abandoned in house covered in dead rats and their feces after becoming a 'prisoner'

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• Former Colorado Springs councilman Charles Wingate and his wife Sharon Starkey have been arrested on charges of child abuse
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• Resigned in disgrace from the council in 2003 after using city credit cards to buy pizza
• Allegedly downloaded pornography to a city-owned computer

A 13-year-old boy with autism kept a prisoner in his own home has been found naked and covered in live rats and their feces in a Colorado Springs home.

The boy is the son of notorious former city councilman Charles Wingate, 43, who was arrested on Thursday along with his wife of 17-years, Sharon Starkey on charges of of child abuse.

Police say they responded to a neighbor's 'check the welfare' call at 6120 Corinth Drive around noon and the door was answered by the boy who was naked, alone and sharing the home with dead and living rodents.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326161/City-councilmans-autistic-13-year-old-boy-naked-abandoned-house-covered-dead-rats-feces-prisoner.html#ixzz2TiTczM9N