Zaikiya Duncan's twin teenagers escaped their home and pleaded for help from a neighbor as they described the twisted torture ...

Zaikiya Duncan was convicted by a jury on two counts of aggravated assault of a family member causing serious bodily injury.

David Gonzalez and Anita Valdez were arrested after the children were allegedly beaten with belts and forced to eat hot chilli peppers as punishment as well as sleep cuffed to beds, investigators said ...