that being abused chirnz.en a 10-year-old girl was forced into a closet in this apartment. this is kansas city, missouri. police found her surrounded by her own feces and urine. she couldn't escape it. >> the door was barricade frd the outside but there was a shoe string or a string bound around the two knobs of the doors. she had defecated multiple times in that room. the stench of urine was, i'm told, hard to bear. >> it gets worse. that 10-year-old girl weighed 32 pounds. 32 pounds. the kansas star reports clothes meant for a 4-year-old child fell off this child. she has two younger sisters who were fed and were bathed. it's not clear why the mother treated her oldest differently hiding her away so that neighbors didn't even know she existed. >> three years, and i have never seen a child. >> if i knew the baby was up there, i would have got the baby myself. >> she's now charged with child endangerment, child abuse and assault. the 10-year-old is now in the hospital. >> she was very dirty and unkept. but ama