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This undated photo provided by the Tracy Police Department shows Caren Ramirez. Police were seeking Ramirez on suspicion of participating in alleged abuse against her 17 year-old nephew who showed up at a California gym with a chain locked to his ankle.

Arrest Made in Tortured and Shackled Teen Case

December 03, 2008 1:51 PM

Police have arrested the aunt of a 17-year-old boy who showed up at a California gym shackled and terrified, claiming he had just fled his captors.

      BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Police in Tracy, Calif., say they've arrested the aunt of a 17-year-old boy who showed up at a local gym shackled and terrified, claiming he had just fled his captors.
      Caren Ramirez is the third suspect arrested in the alleged assault against the teen.
      A Tracy police spokesman says 43-year-old Ramirez was arrested Tuesday night after police received a tip she was in the San Francisco suburb of Berkeley. Tracy is about 60 miles west of San Francisco.
      Police had been looking for Ramirez after they arrested 30-year-old Kelly Layne Lau and 34-year-old Michael Schumacher earlier Tuesday.
      Lau and Schumacher are being held on bail of nearly $1.2 million each after being booked on suspicion of torture, kidnapping and child abuse.

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