Florida seeks death penalty in semi-truck child abuse case

Florida authorities have charged two people and say they intend to seek the death penalty in a case involving four children who were allegedly sexually abused, neglected and confined to the cab of a semi-truck for more than six years.

Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, of Jacksonville, and Keysha Monique Epps, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, were the primary caregivers of the children, who lived with them in the truck's sleeper cab.

Authorities said the children were forced to share a single bunk and were denied adequate food, hygiene, schooling and medical care. Two suffered untreated burns that left significant scarring...