By Edgar Zuniga and Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News
A call placed to Houston police Friday morning expressing concern that people were being held against their will resulted in the discovery of eight people in a house, one of whom said he had been inside the home as long as 10 years.
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Four older men, three of them malnourished, and four females ? three adults and one minor ? were found living in the north Houston house, Kese Smith, a Houston police spokeswoman, said. The females appear to be mentally disabled, Smith said, although she said adult protective services was still investigating.
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The men, ages 80, 74, 65, and one in his 50s, were found living in a converted garage, according to Smith. They reportedly told authorities they were lured to the residence with the promise of beer and cigarettes, then weren't allowed to leave, and had been forced to turn in veterans' checks.
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The call to Houston police came in at 8:25 a.m. local time, but it's unclear who placed it. The three men who appeared malnourished were able to talk but were transported to Houston's LBJ Hospital. NBC affiliate KPRC reported the men were not able to walk on their own.?
It wasn't immediately clear whether the women had been held against their will or not. Three of them are related: A grandmother, her daughter, and her granddaughter, Smith said.
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A male who does not live at the residence has been detained for questioning, but no charges had been filed as of Friday afternoon.
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