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Florida Seeks Death Penalty for Child Truck Confinement

9/7/2026

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Florida charged Tamra Marshon Stewart and Keisha Monique Epps with confining children in a truck cab for six years.
Attorney General James Uthmeier announced prosecutors will seek the death penalty against both defendants.
The children were two girls (ages five and six) and boys (ages five and nine).
They used cups as toilets and lacked showers, food, and schooling.
Two children suffered untreated burns and one contracted a transmitted infection.

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Story summary

Florida charged Tamra Marshon Stewart and Keisha Monique Epps with confining children in a truck cab for six years.
Attorney General James Uthmeier announced prosecutors will seek the death penalty against both defendants.
The children were two girls (ages five and six) and boys (ages five and nine).
They used cups as toilets and lacked showers, food, and schooling.
Two children suffered untreated burns and one contracted a transmitted infection.