deputies say karim moore held his family captive.tonight his girlfriend and their two children are free. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver explains the investigation is leaving neighbors with more questions than answers. >> reporter: at what point did you learn what was going on? this neighbor tells me she's lived about four years from this home, more than half of that time deputies say it's been a prison. they say karim moore has helped his two kids and girlfriend here. >> really, right here in our nei neighbors, of schools, part of the reason may be in the geography of where this house sits. you can see a lot of the wooded acreage, about four acres altogether, pretty sizable piece of land. this is my road. the only way to the house is from that road. there are neighborhoods real by and pretty close, too, they have their own entrance and exit. more incredible about this story, though, is how deputies say they uncovered this captivity plot. they showed up here saturday around 5:00. they got a welfare check. come with me.

jonathan: the stunning arrest of karim moore, charged with abduction, assault, and battery. he was holding a woman and the two kids against their will. their exact connection is unknown. alison: investigators believe the children had never been to school and the mother was in need of medical help. she is in serious condition tonight. we are working to find out more. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com. for updates jonathan: new details of a leesburg man accused of killing his father and setting his home on fire. alison: crews grim discovery. jonathan: jeff goldberg has the very latest. jeff: the authorities have not commented on a motive for the chain of events connected to this crime. wasear-old michael bowles taken into custody yesterday in fairfax county and tonight remains in the fairfax jail. the house fire caught the attention of nearly everyone in the quiet wooded area of loudoun county. firenicole heard today the was connected to the fatal shooting of the homeowner, she could not believe it. >> i was shocked. i think everyone feels for the. 20-year-old michael bowles is acc

deputies say this man, karim moore, held his girlfriend and their children captive in their fredericksburg home and the neighbors, apparently, had no clue. northern virginia reporter has some new and disturbing details about this. >> reporter: elementary out for the summer. according to property records this is where karim two young kids would have been going to school. instead, this is where deputies say they were kept captive more than two years stuck inside this ranch-style home. the cars outside expired tags. the windows, covered up. it sits on nearly four acres along a busy road. it's nestled between two seemingly quiet neighborhoods. some neighbors just hearing about the case from us. >> i think that's one of the most insane things i've heard in a long time, especially around here, two years. >> reporter: captivity came to an end ur to do a welfare check as they were talking to moore in the front yard, his girlfriend and the two kids rushed out the side door, safe, free. >> really, right here in our neighborhood? oh, no. so where are they now? >> reporter: moore is in jail. his 32-ye

deputies say karim moore held his girlfriend and his two children in captivity in the house for more than two years. tonight the woman and children are finally free and he's in jail. northern virginia bure more how they escaped and how they got out of the house. david. >> reporter: pat, how? that's the real question in all of this. it's an unsettling mood. you look at the house and you see it's a small ranch-style home, 1,200 square feet, sits on four acres, it's a good size property. a lot of it as you can see is pretty secluded. when police arrived here, deputies from the sheriff's office and as they came to the home, they were talking out front with moore. as they were speaking with him, they said at some point he became evasive with them. they noticed out of the side of the home, that's when his girlfriend and two kids rushed out. you heard it there. more than two years inside that house according to deputies. they weren't allowed to leave. they are shocked. a lot of them say they passed this house every day. >> i think most insane things i've heard in a long time, especially aro